One more time

The number of stories are amazing about offices not wired correctly, vendors not showing up, vendor communication failure and recently our financial planner's office moved, upon stopping by to say hello and the wiring mistakes come forward. This was a national office and the project was run from 3000 miles away, they were not authorized to use my service. All I could do was help by making my book available.
It helped the person in charge of her operations which is selling, motivating and managing. She said it helped so much because she was asking intelligent choices via reading the book...we're going out to lunch this week so I'll get the whole story.

After making lunch plans she wants me to go to the company, get hired and protect the other offices everytime relocation happens. We'll see. How about project management called sub contracting?

Relocation Nightmares

Blogging about this is a fascination I have because people to not understand how wrong things can go. The bigger the company, the bigger the problem can be. People do not understand time frames. They have no control over the electron order, the process and the lack of communication within the chosen vendors systems.

Note: I said systems in other words, multiple systems. These orders flow and one hiccup in the process can add delay, upon delay. New construction is the biggest problem but in older building existing conduct can be full. True excavation would replace the conduct. This does not happen, why? People don't know it has to happen. Full conduit? Where is the new fiber, new cable going to be placed?

One of the biggest problems is those at the helm do not understand, therefore communication is delayed, errors are made, the electronics are not installed...tomorrow another story to prove the point.

Headlines in the paper

The local paper yesterday had an article about the dits of the construction industry and the lack of growth. I know one company in the software industry that is growing. One company in commercial advertising that is growing and an energy company relocating. So there are signs of growth, people making money, jobs happening and good business being done. There is hope and we will survive the insanity. Hopefully we will be wiser as a nation, as a people and not allow greed to overcome the financial sector again.

Opportunity to change

Relocation is the perfect time to change the configuration of lines, stations (phones), new system and get it all right not based on vendors but based on the needs or employees and customers. Businesses make mistakes all the time by not allowing non objective sales people to sell based on what's in the warehouse. One particular popular equipment manufacturer is extremely expensive and they will suck you into certified, certified and lock you in for years. They also make a very feature poor system. VOIP may save money but it isn't the only game in town. Applications, needs, employees and customers should drive what is purchased.

Interviews continue

Interviewing for a book I'm compiling has been an interesting process. Somehow during the process I continue to find the hot buttons, the angst question usually is the key. An innocent inquiry into a Thank You note received and bam! An engagement party and 50 thank you's in person but no time to write it out and mail a formal thank you note. Yes, it matters. Emily Post is not dead. She may be literally but the manners still matter...visiting other countries, read the book, The Ugly American. Global economy? Culture matters, manners matter, knowledge is strength, reading is knowledge, understanding tradition matters. Send the thank you, read about their culture, care to learn and learn to care. It will show and be appreciated.

Incredible Experience

Tracking a website is interesting when you realize people in other countries are looking at your site. The interesting part is when you're scammed and buy into it all. The internet definitely has a dark side for all the goods things that happen there is definitely a potential for the negative things to happen too. A website, a blog, an on-line resume, it's all intented to be good but opens doors for the other. That's when we understand the firewall protection, website protection, passwords protection, server protection, intellectual property protection and credit protection plus banking assurances that all is safe. For individuals and companies safety is a must. Be careful in cyber space. Technology has a dangerous side.

I'm back on the ethics kick

There are ethical CEO's, I know, I'm interviewing them. People need hope and these CEO's talk about all the basic principals for solid business. I won't ruin the idea behind the book but I'm starting to hear the same words from all walks of industry.
CEO's that care about their employees, that listen to their employees, that want to provide salaries and benefits for their employees and are grateful to be able to do it for their employees. These are humble ordinary people with good core values. These are ethical people from all walks of life. There is hope and we can overcome.

Attitude, attitude, attitude. We can be strong, we can overcome, we can be entrepreneurs, we can be valuable and are valuable. Even in a crunch we can survive and treat others with respect, be examples for those needing hope and help.