This weekend Andy and I went looking at cars and we test drove a VW EOS (definitely my aspirational vehicle). On the way home I commented "It's fun to do things together" and Andy turned and smiled and said quite seriously and with affection "It is, eh".
So we must do more together. Out of the house.
Then in the evening Edmund reminded me that I had committed to spending one on one time with each of the boys. And I have, and I do. But I need to get more visible about this, and more planned. Putting things up on the calendar or making an ideas box.
Eden Gardens, Museum, Beach, Albany, Movies, Cafe, Kite flying, dog borrowing.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Being Wanted
Met with CQ who sees me as a serious contender for the ICT Ops role and "would tell me if I didn't". Good news I guess - though obviously I've also heard that he has put through an external CV. We did agree that what is needed is a people manager prepared to face conflict, not a salesperson (James, Carl?) or a technical lead as this should come from the CIO. The role is implementation and operation not relitigation.
Then - the Airport phone for me to urgently meet with Nick Forbes. Meeting is tomorrow at 5pm.
How quickly things change and best I get my IF ... THEN plan sorted out.
Then - the Airport phone for me to urgently meet with Nick Forbes. Meeting is tomorrow at 5pm.
How quickly things change and best I get my IF ... THEN plan sorted out.
Waiting
I don't like waiting.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee puts it really well when she busts the myth about knitters being patient. Knitters so aren't patient - that is why we knit - to make the waiting more bearable.
I am waiting.
I am waiting to see whether there is a future career here for me here at Gen-i, and if so, what it is and my thoughts on the opportunity that it presents.
I am waiting to see whether there is a job offer coming for me at the Airport. Or whether I am overqualified for the role (and underqualified for the more senior GM role).
I am waiting to see if any other job opportunities - internal or external - come into my view.
I am waiting to make up my mind on bariatric surgery. I think I have nothing to lose - certainly I don't seem to be having any problems eating less.
I am waiting.
...and waiting.
This morning I dug out a spreadsheet I prepared as part of my life coaching last year. Frances had asked me to list all the attributes of my perfect role and rate them "Must Have" and "Nice to Have". It was an exercise in itself coming up with the attributes. We grouped them into the following categories:
Hygiene - Table stakes such as physical environment.
Context - How I align within the organisation
Strengths - Which of my strengths does the role draw on, is it a fit?
Boss - How do I prefer to be managed? What type of manager will help me be my best?
Development - Opportunity for me to learn and grow.
Brand - Alignment with Brand Sally
If things were Must Haves or Needs to develop and were available in the proposed position they got a 2, Nice to Haves or Wants got a one. Things that aren't a factor in the proposed role - e.g. Scale at the Airport position they score a 0. The full list is saved in my Google Docs.
The Upshot is that the Airport role scores higher than staying here. This method does underweight the $ issue but the gap is significant in terms of what I need personally so I think I'm on the right track. Perhaps I could assign, say $10K to every point to weight up the importance of the package. Similarly, something could be done in terms of time - how much of the day is spent travelling; how much time away from home is there.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee puts it really well when she busts the myth about knitters being patient. Knitters so aren't patient - that is why we knit - to make the waiting more bearable.
I am waiting.
I am waiting to see whether there is a future career here for me here at Gen-i, and if so, what it is and my thoughts on the opportunity that it presents.
I am waiting to see whether there is a job offer coming for me at the Airport. Or whether I am overqualified for the role (and underqualified for the more senior GM role).
I am waiting to see if any other job opportunities - internal or external - come into my view.
I am waiting to make up my mind on bariatric surgery. I think I have nothing to lose - certainly I don't seem to be having any problems eating less.
I am waiting.
...and waiting.
This morning I dug out a spreadsheet I prepared as part of my life coaching last year. Frances had asked me to list all the attributes of my perfect role and rate them "Must Have" and "Nice to Have". It was an exercise in itself coming up with the attributes. We grouped them into the following categories:
Hygiene - Table stakes such as physical environment.
Context - How I align within the organisation
Strengths - Which of my strengths does the role draw on, is it a fit?
Boss - How do I prefer to be managed? What type of manager will help me be my best?
Development - Opportunity for me to learn and grow.
Brand - Alignment with Brand Sally
If things were Must Haves or Needs to develop and were available in the proposed position they got a 2, Nice to Haves or Wants got a one. Things that aren't a factor in the proposed role - e.g. Scale at the Airport position they score a 0. The full list is saved in my Google Docs.
The Upshot is that the Airport role scores higher than staying here. This method does underweight the $ issue but the gap is significant in terms of what I need personally so I think I'm on the right track. Perhaps I could assign, say $10K to every point to weight up the importance of the package. Similarly, something could be done in terms of time - how much of the day is spent travelling; how much time away from home is there.
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