[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by shoei

Yeah it's crazy. Fucking NYC tap water shipped all over the country in bulk yet we don't fucking drink the tap water in NYC.

Even more crazy is that we don't drink our well water, and NYC's reservoirs are near us. One of NYC's two aqueducts is only a mile away from my house, and the other one passes through the next town over from us.....

[shoei]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Even more crazy is that we don't drink our well water, and NYC's reservoirs are near us. One of NYC's two aqueducts is only a mile away from my house, and the other one passes through the next town over from us.....

You thinking what I'm thinking? Let's tap it and start selling the water all over the country. "Straight from the source"

[Joe T]

I have a team of 17, we are the most profitable group in the company and the "value added" division.

I lead by a simple principle that was drilled into me years ago
"Mission first, People ALWAYS"
(for those that served, you've likely heard this multiple times, I did not have the honor of military service, but learned from some exceptional people)

In short, we have a mission; the way we do it is with our people. One is no more important than the other. My job is to make sure they are properly trained, healthy, properly equipped, and held accountable to the highest standards, all the while making sure they understood our core values and the company mission.
Publicly, they get the credit and I take the blame. We have super low turnover on the team, and in the last 3 years, 4 have been promoted (2 have developed into exceptional leaders themselves). We have 1 retiring this year and 1 next year, other departments have members already asking to transfer to ours once the retirements are close.

[shoei]

Originally Posted by Joe T

I have a team of 17, we are the most profitable group in the company and the "value added" division.

I lead by a simple principle that was drilled into me years ago
"Mission first, People ALWAYS"
(for those that served, you've likely heard this multiple times, I did not have the honor of military service, but learned from some exceptional people)

In short, we have a mission; the way we do it is with our people. One is no more important than the other. My job is to make sure they are properly trained, healthy, properly equipped, and held accountable to the highest standards, all the while making sure they understood our core values and the company mission.
Publicly, they get the credit and I take the blame. We have super low turnover on the team, and in the last 3 years, 4 have been promoted (2 have developed into exceptional leaders themselves). We have 1 retiring this year and 1 next year, other departments have members already asking to transfer to ours once the retirements are close.

Yeah this man gets the people element for sure. Something I instill in all my people is - even if one of yours makes a mistake, you NEVER chastise them in front of their peers or strangers, period. You address these things in private.

If your employees don't know you have their best interest at heart? Doesn't matter what you pay or how much you micromanage.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by shoei

You thinking what I'm thinking? Let's tap it and start selling the water all over the country. "Straight from the source"

Like I said, it comes from my septic tank.....

[shoei]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Like I said, it comes from my septic tank.....

THEY don't know that, only you and I do.

Well, and 18406 members on Bimmerpost but still.

[tom2021]

You can lead by dominance or influential. Most people do both depend on the situation and condition. The dominance and successful CEO was Jack Welch (GE). Nowadays, the influential type is predominant. The challenge is you have to be patient to influence your team members. However, the quarter earnings and hence your boss don't give you time to practice your influential leadership.

[2000cs]

If you can’t even complete a single sentence accurately, while reading them from a teleprompter, you probably ought to move out of the way and let someone sentient lead.

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by shoei

Yeah it's crazy. Fucking NYC tap water shipped all over the country in bulk yet we don't fucking drink the tap water in NYC.

NYC has two aqueduct systems. One comes from the Catskills & one from Westchester. Both are excellent by any standards, but the Catskill one is better.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/nycsystem.pdf