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I am currently in middle management in a pool with eleven other individuals all doing simular work some more so than others. Years ago I decided that enough was enough and decided to take on our system for positive change. Totally fed up with the complaining and buck passing as the norm for dealing with day to day issues. ie: "I don't get paid enough", "I hate this place", "my boss is an idiot", "my employee's are always screwing up", "Its not my fault he or she is responsible", "i give up its hopeless". Those are but a sample of of the excuses used to take the responsibility of the turmoil around such individuals who refuse to help themselves or don't know how to. Take the upper ground and set the example and choose to not be one of the sheep, be a sheppard of the flock. This is a very long and seemingly endless path, but it works as long as you don't give up. I have been at it for over five years now and at times I get very tired, but there is another day tommorow and yesterday is history and no one can change the past so forget about it and try again. During this "set the example" lifestyle alot of my peers thought of me as foolish and what I was doing was leading me straight into a brick wall. Well after five years I have people who enjoy working for me and my boss is refusing members from other teams to join with my group because they enjoyed temporary work assignments with our group and the direction we are headed. This by the way was told to me by my boss in front of some of my peers, and just recently the operations manager , who is responsible for nearly two thousand employee's and answers to corporate, thanked me in person and in writting for doing such a good job and for being a leader. I would have appreciated gratitude in cash more, but now I'm already near the top of my level six pay scale and I've only been at that level going on two years. Here are some of the things it takes, just a few to start with. At work early at least one half hour, no less, for me earlier most times. Stay until your comitments to others for that day are all met, first one in the door last one out. Always be interested in what people are talking to you about because soft spoken words are usually very important. Always kind, curteous, grateful and appreciate people for what they do to help you through your day, even if its just a goodmorning greeting. Try to promote a positive and welcome atmosphere when dealing with people. Well, honesty, truthfulness, reliability, also fall into this. But the point is its very rewarding, the ethical high ground, and others join in, but, and I say again, but, it takes alot of hard work to get there and, on the plus side, very little work to maintain once there. Set the expectations for yourself. The old saying "clean up your own back yard first".
Thanks for your time, rb.
Thanks for your time, rb.