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“If you wait for the right time
to do everything, you’ll never
accomplish anything.”
—
Glenn
Shepard
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Dear Glenn,
My boss is a micro-manager who tells us to make
decisions, then tells us they’re wrong and to redo the
work that took us hours to complete.
Now no one will take the initiative to do anything for
fear of having to redo the job they did.
We talked to him about this, but he's always right and
we're not.
If he makes a poor decision, he will not go back
and fix it, I guess his fragile male ego won't let him.
How can I approach him and not fear for my job?
Carol in
Texas
aka Dealing
with a Hardhead in Hardware Biz
Dear
Carol,
Explain to him that you don't want to be insubordinate,
but have a problem and are uncomfortable discussing it
out of fear of retaliation. If he grants you “immunity”,
explain the dilemma in a non-accusatory, just-the-facts
way, and the consequences of what’s happening.
But heed this warning. While I don’t doubt anything
you’ve said about him, be VERY careful to remain
respectful and attack the problem instead of the person.
He’s still your superior, and your use of the terms
“micromanager”, “Hardhead”, and “His fragile male ego”
tell me this may be difficult for you to do.
Good luck and thanks for your question.
Glenn in Nashville, TN
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Glenn's Personal Blog
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It’s been nearly two
months since 48” of floodwater ravaged my business, and
everyone’s patience is running low while stress levels are
running high.
The construction crew
finally started hanging new drywall last week, but that meant
everyone had to move to the un air-conditioned warehouse, which
is still full of water damaged equipment and mail that we have
yet to go through. The outside temperature is 97 degrees, and
the dust from the drywall is making everyone cough.
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Our Temporary Offices, Two Months
After the Flood
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This is not a good
time to be working at Glenn Shepard Seminars.
I was on the road
last week when my beautiful bride found a house that she liked.
(The flood washed away the dream home we were about to buy in
May.)
But considering that
we’re in the middle of rebuilding my business, now is not a good
time to buy a new home.
I got back from my
5-day, 1,846 mile road trip on Friday, and we went to see the
house at 10:00 am Saturday. Exactly 97 minutes later, I wrote a
check and signed a contract.
We received a
counter-offer at 4:59 pm and accepted, but couldn’t send it back
from the house because I had taken my home fax machine and
scanner to the office after the flood.
We decided to drive
to a nearby FedEx/Kinko’s. But it was not a good time to be
driving, because we were in the middle of a severe storm that brought 3” of rain. (My realtor says that every time
Glenn Shepard signs a contract to buy a house, it rains.)
As I was running to
the car in the torrential downpour, I dropped my cellphone and
it shattered. Although I had been thinking about an iPhone, this
was not a good time to shop for cell phones.
When we arrived, we
discovered that the storm had knocked out FedEx/Kinko’s power.
So we drove through the blinding lightning all the way to my
office to scan the contract and email it from there. But the
storm had knocked out the Internet in my office.
This was not a good
time for the Internet to go down.
We brought the scans
back home and got the contract emailed to our realtor at 9:51
pm.
Earlier that
afternoon, we had bought a bottle of champagne to celebrate as
soon as the deal was done. But we were wet, frustrated, and
tired, and it was not a good time to be celebrating.
Tomorrow, I drive to
Montgomery, Alabama for a seminar. The day after I get back, I
meet with the home inspector. The day after that, we leave for
the Bahamas.
We booked that trip
during all the snow back in January, but now is not a good time
to be taking a vacation.
So what’s a person to
do?
Simple.
We dried ourselves
off Saturday night and drank the champagne. I’ll stop by AT&T on
my way back from Montgomery and get a new cell phone, and we’ll
leave for Nassau on Thursday.
A grade school
classmate of mine named Billy Dean, who became a country music
singer, summed it best in one of his songs:
“Treat each day as
though it's borrowed,
Like it's precious as
a child.
Cause we're only here
for a little while”
If there’s one thing
I’ve learned in my 46 years of life, it’s this:
There’s no time like
the present. If you wait for the “right time” to do everything,
you’ll never accomplish anything.
To Your Success,
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