![]() I had become the bosses I loved most in my early career.With unobstructed views of majestic mountains and meadows in Island Park Serenity Lodge offers you all of the comforts of home. It took me many years but now I see how much she made me what I am striving to do today. Her desire was to challenge and grow her team members individually. ![]() It's amazing to work for someone with passion. She could slam a desk drawer to great effect. People outside of her team were frightened of her passion. She was so passionate she couldn't help let me know if I let her down. She wanted me to step forward into a role and then find the next one. She wasn't interested in making me a "lifer" at Sears. She was a demanding coach and an tireless defender. (Insert Comments below) She didn't care about what people thought of her because everyone respected what she accomplished. What skills did they have? What do they want to do? Back then we felt the laws pushed us to put people into categories. Since a diverse hire (in white New Hampshire) was difficult to find we really wanted that employee to be treated fairly. ![]() I developed a talent for listening to people and mapping that to success.ĭiversity was the perhaps the hardest thing I ever did (back then) because of the laws and opportunities at that time. Given that experience interviewing became easier. My boss could see that once I had the training down it was time for me to learn interviewing. I started interviewing applicants and also became the coordinator for the diversity. I didn't know then but she had my learning path all figured out. She made me the trainer so I could see what people need to be successful in their positions. The training taught me a lot, but it was two others jobs taught me the most: interviewing and diversity. (The managers were interested in staffing - suits don't sell themselves!) I tracked the people I trained and talked with them about where they were going. Some of my trainees grew at Sears, some just did their jobs, and some failed. On Thursday nights I delivered them to their position on the sales floor and felt relieved to be done. I taught every new employee (about 300 people over 3 years!) the basic skills to do their job. Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday night from 7 -9 pm I was in a windows-less training room talking about rules and cash registers. I took the job and I trained 15-20 new employees every week for three years until I graduated college. ![]() What did I know about training? I was so afraid of her I took the job. I was a 20 year old student studying theatre. I was in college working in the Hardware Department at Sears when the head of HR asked me to lead all training for new employees. I remembered that I started off my career in Human Resources. I thought of my former bosses and how they influenced me. I started reviewing applications and thinking about what kind of team I wanted to build and what kind of boss I wanted to be. I took my new position because of the opportunity to build it from the ground up. On my last few jobs I've been handed a team and asked to fix it. I'm in the process of building a team at my new job.
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