After a month and a bit of being very busy, to the point of overbooked, a training event I did yesterday marked the end of the total madness! The event went well despite my reservations, and on the drive home I thought on recent issues that had arisen and what I had learned from them. Usually I let a few comments or feedback make me feel badly, but then I thought HEY! This is all new to me! I am trying, I am learning, I am developing. And there is nothing like a mistake to make you VERY aware of how you need to grow!
Here are a few of the 'realizations' I have come to since I started in this position over 10 months ago:
My intelligence comes off negatively at times.
It hurts not being liked and the line between professional and friends is a tough one to walk.
Change requires building a relationship before even BROACHING the subject!
You can set everything up right, create potential for success but people will still decide whether they want to get on board with you or not.
People only hear what they want to, even when they ask YOU!
Scapegoating is easy, we all do it and it is not productive.
It sucks being in the middle, hearing both sides, and having the sides look to you for feedback.
Our best asset is often our biggest liability/fault.
Less trying to fix and more trying to listen.
Sometimes it has to be smashed and not just broken before people believe what you say!!
