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September 15, 2005
First week on the job
The first week on a new job is always one of the most exciting. One gets to meet a lot of new people, new impressions, new rules and regulations. Exciting, actually, although I am still lost, from time to time. Even in the corridors, hehe.
However, coming from a firm with which I grew from 5 employees to 25 only, I had enough time to memorise names, and get to know all of the new employees from the very first beginning. Here, it is new. There are more than 120 permanent employees - not many, compared to the big boys in Malaysia, but enough to get me scrampling. I tried hard to remember names, but by number 20, I got lost.
There are also cultural differences, and this makes it tougher. I came from an environment that was easy, warm, people oriented - family like. Here, it is more, like, I do my job, and go home, and don't care too much about my neighbour. So to speak. I am probably judging harshly, especially because I am coming from a different environment - thus, judging unfairly. It is important to give it time. The exciting part of this, however, is, that I am able to implement, what I deem fit. The wind of change. This is a great opportunity to really showcast what I believe in, and how I would run a company if I had one (and I will have one in a couple of years time). Training the executives with which I work, bonding with them, developing them. It is not up to me, of course, and first, they need to adopt me as a mentor, coach, or whatever. But it is exciting, to believe in the change that I can implement, and the culture that I want to instill.
How would this look like? I strongly believe in customer orientation, employee engagement, and celebration of success. All the rest, and what is paralleling it, you can read here.
Posted by Andreas at September 15, 2005 08:35 PM
Comments
Whoosh, if I ever do a research on any management stuffs..I'm gonna put u into one of my surveys
Posted by: S-Kay at September 16, 2005 11:52 AM