I would like to thank Karen King and her three Vistage groups in Albuquerque for their kind hospitality last week. Elliott Jaques – Part II, is now available.
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Rafael looked glum. “I’m tired,” he said.
“Physically tired, burned out tired or bummed out tired?” I asked. (This is known as a diagnostic question).
He cracked a smile. “Cross between burned out and bummed out. Seems like I am always solving the same problems, over and over.”
“Like what?”
“It’s my team. It doesn’t seem like they can solve any of the problems they run into. They are always running to me. And it’s the same kind of problem over and over. You would think they would figure it out.”
“What do you think you are going to do?” I pushed.
Rafael leaned back, and joked, “I think I am going to have to get one of those take-a-number machines.”
What are the problems!!If it is the same recurring ones I feel they have to do with keeping Vistage/TEC clean and chairs inspired, and hdq making money.
In my experience when staff delegates up it is because of fear of failure if the boss’ idea differs from the staff members and past differences have resulted in job loss.’
a bunch of that has happened at hdq.
It is lonely at the top.
If I was his chair we would be processing it.
Hope it gets better–it effects us all.
hugs
Sam