A sheep in wolf's clothing.
I gotta have a place where I just tell you stuff.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
(Galatians 5:1) KJV
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The team cleaning trainer is Neo, from the movie the Matrix.
He doesn’t know where he is, how he got there, or what he is supposed to do, but everyone keeps telling him that he is going to be awesome.
This is the story of my life. At least, it was. Life has become quite blessed and meaningful since I started attending Open Door Baptist Church. It was October 2015 if I remember right. I heard Mary the Piano player sing beautifully then Pastor Don tore into a hell fire and damnation sermon. I walked out of there that day knowing for sure what I needed to do. This made everything fall into place and I finally got my priorities straight.
It’s finally over. Now the world is coming to grips with the fact that Donald Trump is going to actually do all the things he told us repeatedly that he was going to do.
That’s why we elected him folks.
Yet I happened upon a picture that I saved to my phone during the campaign and it perfectly symbolizes what happened. I feel like sharing.
Hi Matthew,
just a note to say the way forward is now completely clear. The experience of Ethiopia, preaching at Beza International Church and conversation with Rob (the Donkey’s jawbone) are just a small part of the total confirmation you need to be able to move on.
Finish Biblio’s Blood. This is the first step in making the future that you are hoping for.
Plan to return to Ethiopia, and also plan to be involved in missions to whatever extent you are needed or useful.
Give your full commitment to the body of Christ at HillSide.
God bless and have fun.
Written at Monkey Gorge among the daisys.
Patton’s second in command is the Director of Custodial Services, none other than the swashbuckling space pirate, Captain Han Solo.
Han hasn’t got any custodial experience but he has dodged every trap and escaped from every tight spot that the enemy has ever tried. He is mostly concerned with keeping the desperate band of rebels on day shift together, and he is usually busy avoiding asteroids and evading Imperial Star Destroyers.
The cast of characters begins with the Associate Vice President, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, General George S. Patton, as portrayed by George C. Scott.
He is an engineering true blood and has staked his reputation on a swift and efficient transition from clumsy inept day time cleaning, to lean, mean effective night shift teams. He considers that this will be a slam-dunk, and couldn’t possibly go wrong.
George S. Patton personified my mentor, idol and friend that had implemented the same program at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This was the team that won the program of the Year Award in 2006. In September 2009 we began implementing at Wake Forest and we ran into problems from the very beginning.
And here we are, nobody recognizes this place because it is entirely fictional.
These are the images that I used at a National cleaning industry symposium in 2011. They tell the story of implementing a new cleaning system at Wake Forest. This was the reason that I came to Wake in the first place. It was an exciting time but also very challenging. These images and their captions are at time a raw reminder of the great difficulties that we faced, and ultimately overcame.
Master Yoda tells us that you can change your approach from disciplinarian to teacher. Train by hands-on demonstration. Explain why things are done the a certain way. Boost morale. Improve your reputation. Build your team. Develop employees.
According to Master Yoda Problems are inevitable. They are learning opportunities. Utilize the Functional Operations book. Have clear expectations. Solve problems.
A big moment for me was the opportunity to give a presentation at a National Cleaning Industry Symposium in 2010. The location was Portland Oregon. I spoke about my experience rising up through the ranks from cleaning worker to manager.
As a way of illustrating my point I compared the management styles of Darth Vader and Yoda in “The Empire Strikes Back.”
To my delight the crowd loved it and I had many of them in stitches. It secured me a place to speak again at the following years symposium. The gist was That Darth Vader had been a poor manager when he strangled Admiral Ozzel for coming out of light spped too close to the Hoth system instead of sneaking up on the rebels.
Lessons learned on how not to manage like Darth Vader:
This was the first time that I used edited images in a presentation, and I had made 3 Star Wars themes ones for the occasion.
Matty (Headwind) 