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For sure in regards to the importance of culture. Gonna share a longwinded anecdote (feel free to ignore it) but IMO organisations that know how to manage people are the only ones worth working for. Like if you're gonna spend 5-10 years somewhere then it'd better value that commitment! Ones that don't can have all the farking backstabbers and shoddy spin doctors they like as they deserve each other.
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FWIW I'm currently going through a stage at work where I'm actively looking to p!ss off because there's just no culture amongst management right now. I used to consider my current gig 'home' but various changes to senior management have cleaned out all the good guys/gals in favour of a different breed. Turnover's now really high, everybody's got their backs to the wall and money's the only thing keeping me there. I've had a string of short-term, spin doctor style managers who come in, ram me with a cattle prod, announce that they've reformed everything for the better (while achieving nothing) and then fark off (with the reality being that I've self-managed the whole time while ignoring their emotions/immaturity as best as possible so that shyte gets done).
On a related note I have a 'work friend' in management who I used to run with daily & on weekends. He now literally ghosts my presence at work because I got a better marathon result than him (I promise I wasn't boastful or anything - we just ran our marathon and without discussing times I simply checked whether him & his wife were still coming over for a barbie [we'd agreed to take the Monday off and get TRASHED Sunday night]. He ghosted me for weeks during which time I sent him a few messages to check he was in a good place [he bombed out - didn't mention that, just checked in on his wellbeing and invited him to chat...etc]). Through other colleagues I've learned he was disappointed with his time and has been sledging me behind my back, saying I'm a shyte worker who just does running and nothing else (which is factually incorrect ). Thanks maaaate! Not bagging him but I blame the organisation as I think the current 'performance' culture turns mates against mates. I don't compete on work matters (I just do my shyte) so I always seem to be the target for people when they're feeling insecure and need to put somebody else down in order to feel good. IMO this is why you wanna setup a SUPPORTIVE environment (like we had before all the spin doctors / business management consultants came in to 'mature' our work) instead of this dog eats dog kinda cr@p.
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Would love to work for Nick or Robbo. Easts' organisation seems to have the right balance between nurturing human beings through life's journey while also making it clear that they only want people who are capable of winning a premiership.
A fine line IMO as everybody these days seems to view themself as being a High Achiever TM (gone are the days of humble workers just going about their work without needing to blow trumpets all over the place) and it takes a next level leadership/management skills to choose the right mixture of personalities.
While it often perplexes me seeing high performers sent off to play NSW Cup or shown the door it's EXACTLY the sort of thing that I think creates our winning culture. Nick's not only there for the long game (how many leaders woulda retired during tougher times?!?), he's interested in finding people who wanna be part of our family.
As the Faders fans were crying out with 10 minutes to go on Saturday (though possibly for another reason) - 'THANK YOU UNCLE NICK!!!'
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[Start longwinded anecdote]
FWIW I'm currently going through a stage at work where I'm actively looking to p!ss off because there's just no culture amongst management right now. I used to consider my current gig 'home' but various changes to senior management have cleaned out all the good guys/gals in favour of a different breed. Turnover's now really high, everybody's got their backs to the wall and money's the only thing keeping me there. I've had a string of short-term, spin doctor style managers who come in, ram me with a cattle prod, announce that they've reformed everything for the better (while achieving nothing) and then fark off (with the reality being that I've self-managed the whole time while ignoring their emotions/immaturity as best as possible so that shyte gets done).
On a related note I have a 'work friend' in management who I used to run with daily & on weekends. He now literally ghosts my presence at work because I got a better marathon result than him (I promise I wasn't boastful or anything - we just ran our marathon and without discussing times I simply checked whether him & his wife were still coming over for a barbie [we'd agreed to take the Monday off and get TRASHED Sunday night]. He ghosted me for weeks during which time I sent him a few messages to check he was in a good place [he bombed out - didn't mention that, just checked in on his wellbeing and invited him to chat...etc]). Through other colleagues I've learned he was disappointed with his time and has been sledging me behind my back, saying I'm a shyte worker who just does running and nothing else (which is factually incorrect ). Thanks maaaate! Not bagging him but I blame the organisation as I think the current 'performance' culture turns mates against mates. I don't compete on work matters (I just do my shyte) so I always seem to be the target for people when they're feeling insecure and need to put somebody else down in order to feel good. IMO this is why you wanna setup a SUPPORTIVE environment (like we had before all the spin doctors / business management consultants came in to 'mature' our work) instead of this dog eats dog kinda cr@p.
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Would love to work for Nick or Robbo. Easts' organisation seems to have the right balance between nurturing human beings through life's journey while also making it clear that they only want people who are capable of winning a premiership.
A fine line IMO as everybody these days seems to view themself as being a High Achiever TM (gone are the days of humble workers just going about their work without needing to blow trumpets all over the place) and it takes a next level leadership/management skills to choose the right mixture of personalities.
While it often perplexes me seeing high performers sent off to play NSW Cup or shown the door it's EXACTLY the sort of thing that I think creates our winning culture. Nick's not only there for the long game (how many leaders woulda retired during tougher times?!?), he's interested in finding people who wanna be part of our family.
As the Faders fans were crying out with 10 minutes to go on Saturday (though possibly for another reason) - 'THANK YOU UNCLE NICK!!!'
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