Today is the 2nd ride-with I will have as a member of Fox/Everett. This will equal the total number of ride-with's I had at my previous employer. I am supremely excited because I am an osmosis kind of learner, I need to be submersed in it. A great example was yesterday when my boss said that he writes brief notes to the person that he talks to that actually gives him information. A light just went off in my head, I had probably heard him say that before but it never registered. I love to write brief thank you notes so this is a perfect technique for me. Had I not just been with him for a few minutes I would have never picked that up.
The ride-with is also valuable for the interpersonal side of working with/for people. Nobody understands this better than the military. I talk all the time with friends or acquaintances that have military backgrounds about the connection they have to their superior. It will absolutely blow you away the words that they use to revere the "boss." I find it so ironic that military bosses are revered and in the private sector all the humor (based in reality) degrades bosses. I am the lucky one it seems. I have a boss that I revere and a company that I believe in. Although things change, I am truly happy right now.
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