In my current position I am part of the management team, it
has been a very eye opening experience for me to go from a processing employee
to part of the leadership team. Quite often employees will complain about how
their bosses for a variety of reasons, the challenge is everyone is seeing the
work from a different perspective. I cannot say every leader is fair or has the
best interest of the team in mind, but I do think there are times when an
employee misjudges a boss’s intent. After reading President Kimball’s talk Jesus: The Perfect Leader I sent it to
my co-workers (I work for the Church so I can get away with something like
that). When it comes down to it the best way to be a good leader is to be a
good person. If we are following the guidance given by our Savior we will
naturally focus on what matters most. The challenge is that as a manager you
have certain responsibilities and will have to require certain performance
measures of an employee. I have had opportunities to talk with my manager and
realize how much effort goes into helping an employee before letting them go. Once
again I recognize that not every leader out there manages the same way and
provides the same level of support for their employees, but my goal is to be a
leader that emulates the attributes of the Savior.
Kiva Update
We currently have two photo shoots scheduled. One will be
maternity pictures for a lady in our neighborhood that my wife has become
friends with and the other will be a family session for an extended family of
32 people. The family photo shoot came about as a referral from someone my wife
knows who knew we were working to provide photo sessions. Overall things are
going great!
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