A sheep in wolf's clothing.
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.
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.
It started with a simple mistake.
My adventure at Wake Forest University actually started some time before I even knew that it was going to be an opportunity. I was managing custodians on the night shift at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when I got involved in the introduction of a new cleaning system.
To make a long story short, our organization won the Program of the Year award at the 2006 symposium.
This picture was taken at the symposium in Williamsburg, VA. Shown here are (left to right)
Back row: Herb Richmond, Bobbie Lesane, Jim Alty, Tim Moore, Matthew Lawrence
Front row: Joseph Ellison, Bill Burston
Sadly, Bobbie Lesane passed away in July 2009.
In 2006 Bobbie and I travelled by car to and from Williamsburg. She was a generous soul and she had a big personality and an even bigger laugh.
Matty (Headwind) 