I made it....somehow
So, I'm officially done with my 9 day long stint of working. And wow, it sucked. But I have this feeling the pay off is going to be well worth it. I did have a nice little send off before I left. Every month we have what they call a 'Coach Engagement Meeting' where we talk about business related ideas or just play stupid games and have fun. But at the end of the meeting, we always have a recognition piece that is kind of nice.
They rank us in order of performance in our North American group (Indy, Mexico City, St. John and somehow Manila got tossed in there too). Normally I perform admirably well, usually ranking somewhere between 13-6 out of the top 50 coaches. Naturally, still being newer to my role, I think that's a pretty decent accomplishment. I have repeatedly told my boss that I would just like to rank within the top five and that would make me really happy. That was my goal.
Yesterday (and Carolyn, my bosses boss, who always reads these rankings off), Carolyn started down at 20, where she always does, and started reading off people. We had a lot more coaches in St. John that made it into the top 20 this month, but I wasn't worried because I've never fallen below 20. And she was reading them off....She got to 15. Okay, good not in 15. Got to 10....certainly, I will fall somewhere between 10 and 6. That's my normal level of performance and that's what I've come to expect. Nope...okay, now I'm nervous. Did I not even make it into the top 20? What the hell did I do?
No, no.....she calls the top 5 up in front of the group and starts calling people forward from 5 to 1. The 5th and fourth place individuals were the folks that normally take our 1 and 2 spots. Clearly, a mistake had been made but I was okay with being third. Nope, not third. Our second newest to the department coach was third. How did I manage to get second? I don't know....nope! NOT SECOND! What?! A coach from another department had gotten second. Which, for the month of August meant I outperformed EVERY other coach in North America. I think there's something to be said of that accomplishment right there.
I have a huge sign hanging in my team's aisle way that say's #1 in NA now. They loved it. And went out performing very well yesterday too. Maybe I will be able to hold on to it for September. That would be great.
Anyway, I get to go back to working out today. I've had to abandon my workout routine for the last four days due to work and life. But I'm happy to be able to get back. I know I'm not but I'm already starting to feel squishy around the edges.
Two more days 'til Vegas baby. It's going to be a great time. I can feel it.
They rank us in order of performance in our North American group (Indy, Mexico City, St. John and somehow Manila got tossed in there too). Normally I perform admirably well, usually ranking somewhere between 13-6 out of the top 50 coaches. Naturally, still being newer to my role, I think that's a pretty decent accomplishment. I have repeatedly told my boss that I would just like to rank within the top five and that would make me really happy. That was my goal.
Yesterday (and Carolyn, my bosses boss, who always reads these rankings off), Carolyn started down at 20, where she always does, and started reading off people. We had a lot more coaches in St. John that made it into the top 20 this month, but I wasn't worried because I've never fallen below 20. And she was reading them off....She got to 15. Okay, good not in 15. Got to 10....certainly, I will fall somewhere between 10 and 6. That's my normal level of performance and that's what I've come to expect. Nope...okay, now I'm nervous. Did I not even make it into the top 20? What the hell did I do?
No, no.....she calls the top 5 up in front of the group and starts calling people forward from 5 to 1. The 5th and fourth place individuals were the folks that normally take our 1 and 2 spots. Clearly, a mistake had been made but I was okay with being third. Nope, not third. Our second newest to the department coach was third. How did I manage to get second? I don't know....nope! NOT SECOND! What?! A coach from another department had gotten second. Which, for the month of August meant I outperformed EVERY other coach in North America. I think there's something to be said of that accomplishment right there.
I have a huge sign hanging in my team's aisle way that say's #1 in NA now. They loved it. And went out performing very well yesterday too. Maybe I will be able to hold on to it for September. That would be great.
Anyway, I get to go back to working out today. I've had to abandon my workout routine for the last four days due to work and life. But I'm happy to be able to get back. I know I'm not but I'm already starting to feel squishy around the edges.
Two more days 'til Vegas baby. It's going to be a great time. I can feel it.