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Spent this morning as part of a presentation/interview team in a different city. In the local paper, my horoscope was pretty optimal for that activity: you will be asked a lot of questions. In my home town paper, my horoscope was completely negative: stay home and don't try to impress people
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My employer has made an outstanding move that I simply must share. It seems that the local office has been without a manager for over one year. They tried letting one of the section managers take a stab for a while but he was not suited. Then they had a prolonged recruitment. My only participation in that effort was to say that there was one resume circulating in town that, if it should appear in the mail, they should promptly round file it. Well, no one was hired during the recruitment and a senior VP said he would be the office manager. Well, he showed up every other week for a few days. Nice guy but just not interested in the office. Then abruptly last Friday, they announce a staff meeting. All in attendance heard that they (VP from CA) had selected a new office manager. None of the local section managers were consulted or informed any earlier on the decision. The new office manager starts on Monday with a big lunch time meeting. So, imagine yourself as a white man in a suit, getting paid far too much. What are the chances that you would select the candidate whose resume was supposed to be roundfiled? Obviously, very good.
The incoming manager likes to speak in chess metaphors; takes his management style from the book, The Art of War; says if you want to move up in the organization, you have to take somebody down; and requires employees to hang motivational posters from their office walls. Teamwork. Leadership. Success.
I plan to keep my head down, my mouth closed, and if he walks by, I'll pick up my phone and talk to the air. In the mean time, I'll dust off my resume. I just don't see this turning out well.
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