I feel like someone poured a quart of motor oil into my ear. I seriously don't think I can absorb any more new knowledge into the ol' cranium. After 2 days of classes I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of how this whole thing operates. More importantly, I know where it can be screwed up. Honestly I learned just as much in the lobby between classes and at night. Talking to the large number of other attendees was eye opening in its own right. There were so many affiliates there not just attending my race training class but there were classes for committee and board members in everything from Strategic Planning to Grant Review. I spent the majority of my time with my roommate and another board member from Baton Rouge, Kentucky, Spokane, Portland, North Mississippi, and a couple of national Komen employees. Just sharing the different ways affiliates plan, conduct, honor survivors, and memorialize those who didn't.
I have a lot of good ideas for the race but the training showed me a glaring personality defect of mine that I have to fix pronto. Sitting in training, I was taking notes on how I think we could solve the things they were talking about. For one example, I was writing notes and sketching a spreadsheet on how to track the information when it occurred to me-"There's a committee of 3 people who do this at the Ozark affiliate. Perhaps I should save myself some work by seeing how we currently do this and see if it's working just fine without my big head getting involved."
When you work for yourself for so long you kind of lose the ability to delegate things and let others do their jobs. It's a skill I need to cultivate in a hurry.
I have a lot of good ideas for the race but the training showed me a glaring personality defect of mine that I have to fix pronto. Sitting in training, I was taking notes on how I think we could solve the things they were talking about. For one example, I was writing notes and sketching a spreadsheet on how to track the information when it occurred to me-"There's a committee of 3 people who do this at the Ozark affiliate. Perhaps I should save myself some work by seeing how we currently do this and see if it's working just fine without my big head getting involved."
When you work for yourself for so long you kind of lose the ability to delegate things and let others do their jobs. It's a skill I need to cultivate in a hurry.
