Monday and Tuesday my leads and I were in San Francisco training up my replacement. It went well. He is smart and curious.
One of my guys joked that I am in my lame duck phase. I had a good laugh.
Work finally feels like it’s winding down. I’ve encouraged my team to think through their parting requests. What conversations do they wish someone would have but won’t because it’s career limiting? What do they want to blame me for when I’m gone? I’ve been through enough reorgs to learn that you can hide a mistake every time management changes. You can’t hide too many mistakes because that looks like excuses and finger pointing. But one well chosen mistake… go for it
“This project is coming in late because the old boss didn’t put resources on it quickly enough.” No one would know the truth.
2 comments:
I can speak only to the Lame Duck comment: Yep, you are in the Lame Duck Stage of leaving Your Company. Be Careful; my advice is not to let anyone put ANY BLAME on you. You are and were a very good Supervisor/Boss to your team and to the Leadership of the Company!!! Retire on those terms.
Forget that middle paragraph that you wrote. Now is the time to hear the accolades for everyone.
How many times have I heard these Words: " Can you come back and help us a lil bit"? Those words are usually spoken about 6 to 8 months after you have retired.
Accoldes From Everyone*****
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