Steering: what to do with thumbs?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

I've been stuck in the middle of organization charts with those people over, under and to either side of my little rectangle.
But I never thought of it as a culture, I always saw it as fear. A paralysing fear of being responsible for something that goes wrong.

Personally, I've been responsible for lots of things that went wrong. And I have taken charge of fixing most of them.
But once in a while, I have taken responsibility for stuff that has turned out quite OK. And that's a good feeling. A feeling those paralysed people with their frightened little minds never get to have.

Can't make an omelet without cracking some eggs. I whip up one hell of a breakfast.

[RustySocket]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Oh, after many years of supervising people in the military and the civilian workforce, I discovered that half of them need a hug and half of them need a smack in the face ....... I suggest you just put them all into one of those two groups and ....... carry on .....


humfrz

Damn hum, you sure nailed it on that one. I think that little bit will help me survive my last decade in the workforce.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Can't make an omelet without cracking some eggs. I whip up one hell of a breakfast.

Being a junior leader in my hobby (army reserves(master bombardier)) and in my job (crew lead, 2 subordinates) I love making mistakes. I learn something new every time I do something wrong. If anything, it's helping my career more than hurting it. Boss sees I'm eager to learn and get my hands dirty. In the past 2 months, I've gone from arranging, managing and doing 50k jobs to now working on a 6M job. I better not screw the pooch on this one.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Cole

Being a junior leader in my hobby (army reserves(master bombardier)) and in my job (crew lead, 2 subordinates) I love making mistakes. I learn something new every time I do something wrong. If anything, it's helping my career more than hurting it. Boss sees I'm eager to learn and get my hands dirty. In the past 2 months, I've gone from arranging, managing and doing 50k jobs to now working on a 6M job. I better not screw the pooch on this one.

Amen! ^^^This, ladies and gentlemen, is leadership.

One of my lifelong mantras (came up with it myself) It's fun to be right but it's valuable to be corrected.

Also, save the mistakes for when you can afford them. Consider them the Non-Recoverable Engineering costs.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Amen! ^^^This, ladies and gentlemen, is leadership.

One of my lifelong mantras (came up with it myself) It's fun to be right but it's valuable to be corrected.

Also, save the mistakes for when you can afford them. Consider them the Non-Recoverable Engineering costs.

Military is the same thing. There's a sergeant in my regiment who served in the British royal marines for a while with (iirc) an airborne infantry regiment, though he admits that his first and true love are the guns. I love having him watch me command the howitzer. Every friggen time he does, he teaches me something new. I want to be that leader at some point.

[bluer]

Putting all the leadership backslapping aside, I pick my nose with my thumbs. When I'm dancing with 18 wheeler's though, all of us between 80 and 85 and jockeying for position on a 2 lane interstate in the middle of nowhere, I'm white knuckling it with all eleven fingers.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Cole

Military is the same thing. There's a sergeant in my regiment who served in the British royal marines for a while with (iirc) an airborne infantry regiment, though he admits that his first and true love are the guns. I love having him watch me command the howitzer. Every friggen time he does, he teaches me something new. I want to be that leader at some point.

HMMMM I should see if the 56th needs another officer. Get busted back to Captain but I would have a few good years left in me.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

HMMMM I should see if the 56th needs another officer. Get busted back to Captain but I would have a few good years left in me.

They're hurtin for bodies. That regiment got decimated with like 25-40% of their strength leaving to go build windmils. Well, the guys are all still around, but they only show up once or twice a month

[Packofcrows]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Road trip time!

Or can always team Skype!

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Packofcrows

Or can always team Skype!

Not the same

Plus, I always feel awkward on skype. We use skype for business (Lync) at work and I just sit back while everyone else chats.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Cole

They're hurtin for bodies. That regiment got decimated with like 25-40% of their strength leaving to go build windmils. Well, the guys are all still around, but they only show up once or twice a month

Windmills?

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Windmills?

You know, those loud, ugly white things that use up all the wind (which is a finute resource) to turn into hydro?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Cole

You know, those loud, ugly white things that use up all the wind (which is a finute resource) to turn into hydro?

Not the part I was asking about but ok. Seems like you guys are taking "all volunteer" to a new level.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Not the part I was asking about but ok. Seems like you guys are taking "all volunteer" to a new level.

Being that you're only obligated to show up once a month, those guys meet the minimum requirements. The reserves don't work quite the same way as they do in the US