October 11, 2007
Different Role
Home. Paradise. THE Valley.
I'm here........ahhhhh
Flights were delayed like crazy last night but somehow I managed to fly standby and got HOME before my ticketed flight was due to take off! SWEET. Not a good seat, not a comfortable flight - but it's only a 50 minute flight and I was home long before midnight.
It was all good......
Our Region made their sales goal! Yes they did. And that's wonderful.
Our Team did NOT make their goal. Not even 50% of that goal. But I will tell you we were NOT the worst performers. And I'll also tell you that THRILLED me to learn....
Me? I got a big goose-egg. Zero. Nada. Nunca.
That's a first for me. I got laughed at, hung up on, cussed out. I kinda feel like I've been through some kind of gauntlet.
But I talked to the guy that hired me on the way to the airport and he was amazed that I was upset. That I was actually worried that I'd take some serious shit over this.
He made sure that I knew that of all the territories East of the Mississippi mine is the ugliest. I thought he was just tryin' to make me feel better.....he wasn't it. It is.
He made sure I knew that THEY (those corp dudes) know how hard I'm working and that it's gonna be ugly for a long, LONG time.
We talked about what I'm doing, how I'm running this area. It's fine. And I'm doing the RIGHT thing, I just have to remember to keep folks in the loop. OH, and learn when NOT to talk. (that may be a pretty tough lesson!)
But he also told me, in regards to this sale, that I did help. I helped by keeping track of the numbers, by encouraging folks. By staying until the bitter end to see if we got 3 or 4 truckloads. I.......was the cheerleader.
Not a role I want to STAY in, but at this point, if I helped at all, I'm glad.
But next time we do this sort of thing? Yeah, I'm gonna need to see some numbers on the board.
And you can bet my customers already know that. I'm Amish and Italian. We KNOW how to play the guilt card!!!!!!
Posted by Tammi at October 11, 2007 06:06 AM | TrackBack