Leadership, Friday, 3rd Period
"Leadership has its drawbacks, of course," Scott said, starting things off oh so positively. "If you commit, really commit to your team and make sure they work together as well as possible, carefully balancing their strengths and weaknesses into a whole that ends up being greater than the sum of its parts, you may find yourself lacking in your own individual abilities."
"This is actually very common. By the time you've worked your way up the ladder into a leadership position in a company or another kind of team, not only are you spending less time with whatever skills helped you get there in the first place, but you're probably going to be leading people from the next generation who have the benefit of being raised on refined techniques and technologies. There are countless groups out there being run by people who have no practical knowledge of how to do what their team can do easily for the simple reason that they were already in management when new tools started being used."
"Ideally, you want to avoid that. You want to be able to keep your skills sharp so that you understand things better and can do it on your own if need be. So now and then you need to go solo," Scott said. "No puns on anyone's last name intended, of course." By Scott. NOT BY ME. Mwahahahaha.
"So, what we have here today are a few chances to keep your individual abilities sharp. There are both physical and mental challenges so you can actually get something out of this class depending on your strengths."
"Good luck staying sharp."
"This is actually very common. By the time you've worked your way up the ladder into a leadership position in a company or another kind of team, not only are you spending less time with whatever skills helped you get there in the first place, but you're probably going to be leading people from the next generation who have the benefit of being raised on refined techniques and technologies. There are countless groups out there being run by people who have no practical knowledge of how to do what their team can do easily for the simple reason that they were already in management when new tools started being used."
"Ideally, you want to avoid that. You want to be able to keep your skills sharp so that you understand things better and can do it on your own if need be. So now and then you need to go solo," Scott said. "No puns on anyone's last name intended, of course." By Scott. NOT BY ME. Mwahahahaha.
"So, what we have here today are a few chances to keep your individual abilities sharp. There are both physical and mental challenges so you can actually get something out of this class depending on your strengths."
"Good luck staying sharp."