How will you handle this?

[Walkingadventure]

With 9 different personalities on the board, your opinion may not be the one chosen by the group.
How will you handle this? Can you tell us about a time this has happened to you?

…and those less enjoyable tasks (like washing dishes or typing up event descriptions), how do you feel about spending your time doing these things while everyone is off caching or socializing?

One last piece:
How will you handle having to lead something that is outside your comfort zone such as talking in front of a large group or coordinating a pancake breakfast for example?

Following the signals from space.

[Team Northwoods]

 

With 9 different personalities on the board, your opinion may not be the one chosen by the group.How will you handle this? Can you tell us about a time this has happened to you?

I can easily handle this. I have quarterly board meetings as part of my job. Today in 1 hour at 9:30 I will be in one. It will be a good one. In 2014 we were in 4th place in the nation for net growth out of all National Rural Telecommunication Cooperative Members. I am used to throwing out ideas to see if any stick. If they don’t then they don’t but sometimes they open up new ideas that branched off of that one. That is what it is all about. 

There are way more than 9 conflicting personalities at the following meetings.

We have monthly nation wide meetings to discuss everything from marketing to operational issues. Same thing there discuss and suggest better ways to enhance our market share and advertise to our target markets. A fancy way of saying grow.

Then biannually we have all day conferences where we get together and try to figure out what are the best ways to further our individual businesses and discuss new products and services coming out.

…and those less enjoyable tasks (like washing dishes or typing up event descriptions), how do you feel about spending your time doing these things while everyone is off caching or socializing?

I am assuming that these things will be delegated out accordingly. Wash the dishes now with others get out so while they are picking up trash I can be out. I hope all these things are done together. It would not be much of a group effort if one person has to do it all and I am happy to do my part. I will do it all if I have to but then we are going to have a very tense board meeting afterwords. Plus during events there is always some lull time isn’t there? Like on Fridays or Sundays after the breakfast. Saturdays are when I think you could expect to get a lot less if no personal time in. Setting up and working the events. That is what we are here for. We can vicariously geocache through other members running around.

How will you handle having to lead something that is outside your comfort zone such as talking in front of a large group or coordinating a pancake breakfast for example?

Doesn’t bother me talking to large groups. I don’t know if I am any good at it but it doesn’t bother me. Then again you are your own worse critic. Getting out of your comfort zone creates challenges and challenges are fun to see what you are made of. How do you progress in life if you never step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself. I can tell you that right now running for a board position was way out of my comfort zone,  but it is getting easier.

Thank you.

***Opinions expressed are mine alone and will change based upon new information. ***

[BeccaDay]

Walkingadventure wrote:

With 9 different personalities on the board, your opinion may not be the one chosen by the group. How will you handle this? Can you tell us about a time this has happened to you? 

Well this certainly has happened on my 2 years on the board.  There have been times that I’ve made suggestions that weren’t taken for sure.  And some of those times I’ve found that there was a very good reason why my suggestions weren’t taken, and sometimes I still think my suggestion was good but so was someone else’s.  I think that it actually makes us stronger to not be of the same opinion in all things.  I think that things could get really stale if we didn’t change things up or try new things.  While it can sting a bit when you’re excited about something and that enthusiasm isn’t shared, it still can be a very good thing to collaborate on WGA tasks and activities.  I’ve been very impressed with ideas and help I’ve seen from my fellow board members over the last two years.

…and those less enjoyable tasks (like washing dishes or typing up event descriptions), how do you feel about spending your time doing these things while everyone is off caching or socializing?

Well typing up event descriptions can be done at home so it doesn’t interfere with socializing at events but I certainly have had a time or two where I had to forego going caching with friends because I needed to get the newsletter done or some other WGA task.  But it’s OK, I enjoy doing those sorts of things too.  And I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had doing those dishes at events.  Yea, I didn’t get to socialize with everyone but I had so much fun being a little silly with the other volunteers while helping out.  I mean, when else do you get to have a deep and soul-searching discussion about whether noodles belong in chili or not?

One last piece: How will you handle having to lead something that is outside your comfort zone such as talking in front of a large group or coordinating a pancake breakfast for example?

Well, there’s a difference between something you aren’t really able to help with and something that would be a challenge.  For example, when it comes to doing the work of the webmaster, I am hopeless.  I just don’t have the skills necessary for that job.  But approaching people that I don’t know at events is sometimes very hard, but I am able to push myself to do that.  I do try and walk around and meet new people and have found that pushing myself to do so has given me the opportunity to meet some really excellent people.

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[raslas]

Walkingadventure wrote:

With 9 different personalities on the board, your opinion may not be the one chosen by the group. How will you handle this? Can you tell us about a time this has happened to you?

Your opinion doesn’t have to always be the chosen one.  The whole idea of having a group is so you can bounce ideas off one another.  Many times this discussion leads to a new idea that wasn’t thought of at first.

Walkingadventure wrote:

…and those less enjoyable tasks (like washing dishes or typing up event descriptions), how do you feel about spending your time doing these things while everyone is off caching or socializing?

We all enjoy caching or we wouldn’t be here but those less enjoyable tasks need to be done also.  The more that help the less time it takes and I am willing to do my share.

Walkingadventure wrote:

How will you handle having to lead something that is outside your comfort zone such as talking in front of a large group or coordinating a pancake breakfast for example?

None of us like to be outside of our comfort zone and it is really hard at first but the more you do it the more comfortable you will be doing it.  Stepping out of our comfort zone helps us to grow.

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