culture of excellence
That's so '80s.
Have you read Connie Willis' Bellwether, Hil?
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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Ginger - Aug 16, 2011 5:12:21 pm PDT #27894 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Hil R. - Aug 16, 2011 5:16:32 pm PDT #27895 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nope. It looks interesting, though.
Ginger - Aug 16, 2011 5:21:54 pm PDT #27896 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It mocks things like a culture of excellence.
eta: Whenever they have a meeting and are asked to contribute their ideas for something like promoting a culture of excellence, one character always answers: "1.Optimize potential. 2.Facilitate empowerment 3. Implement visioning 4.Strategize priorities 5. Augment core structures."
Maria - Aug 16, 2011 6:05:45 pm PDT #27897 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Kitty~ma to Nora and Burrell. I hope they are both back home with you soon.
Yay, Kato!
I went to the Career Fair for ABC company today (large corporation). I'm taking it as a good sign that they sent me directly to the VP who would be my boss, then had me talk to another VP, who then had the Senior VP of HR join us for the last half of the conversation. In total, I was talking with/to them for 2 hours. At the end, they walked me out to my car.
One of the questions was why did I come to the career fair instead of submitting my resume online, since it's quite rare for an executive position. My reply? I knew it would get me noticed, and it's an example of how I can be unorthodox while working within the system to achieve my desired result. My personal BS meter almost redlined, but they loved it.
Keep your fingers crossed. This is a phenomenal opportunity.
amych - Aug 16, 2011 6:08:57 pm PDT #27898 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Go BS!! Errm, go Maria!!
Barb - Aug 16, 2011 6:11:22 pm PDT #27899 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
My reply? I knew it would get me noticed, and it's an example of how I can be unorthodox while working within the system to achieve my desired result. My personal BS meter almost redlined, but they loved it.
And this is just one of the many, many reasons I love Maria.
Maria - Aug 16, 2011 6:13:14 pm PDT #27900 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thanks, amych! All of that is really a good sign, right? That doesn't normally happen on what's basically a cold call.
Can you tell I really don't want to take the other job with another company that's on the table?
edit: And I love you, mi hermana. I'm so glad N and A arrived without incident.
Atropa - Aug 16, 2011 6:16:23 pm PDT #27901 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Maria, that's awesome! (And I may borrow that answer if a similar question comes up when I go to a career fair next week.)
Maria - Aug 16, 2011 6:22:06 pm PDT #27902 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thanks, Jilli!
(And I may borrow that answer if a similar question comes up when I go to a career fair next week.)
Borrow away. I will take my royalty payments in hugs and cupcakes when I get to Seattle.
Atropa - Aug 16, 2011 6:24:24 pm PDT #27903 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Borrow away. I will take my royalty payments in hugs and cupcakes when I get to Seattle.
Whoo! And I hope that you get to visit soon.
ION, I exercised today, for the first time in a while. 30 minutes of brisk walking around the house and backyard. The Antibiotic Cellular Death Explosion (TM the Infamous BlueJay) did not like that. But I need to keep at it.