Welcome. I'm delighted to see so many of you here today.
Each of us will wear many hats. In a small company, we must be prepared to pitch in where needed. Our roles will be shaped by our talents, our interests, and the needs of the group. Our first task is to delineate our shared values and group goals. That will determine the role of our company and its needs.
Our company will succeed, but it can only succeed by empowering each of us. Similarly, I expect each of us to adopt the interest of our group and colleagues as our own.
We are a forest of non-conformists. We can and will develop a set of common goals. Our individuality informs how we advance those goals. Clothing, for instance, I would expect to be an individual choice (except if we have a glass factory for a client, our representatives should wear shoes--not sandals--when visiting that client).
As for my own desires, I have always wanted the role of corporate poet, along with international work as a software consultant. Maybe with some technical writing and editing, on the side. I could care for the corporate cows, when I am in town. And I am good at moving chairs.
Some tips I have learned working for UPS: Walk briskly, don't run. Keep your eyes ahead of your work. Pivot, don't twist.
As you were,
S
