Not Feeling Well but Assured

3/25/13 Not Feeling Well but Assured

In the same breath that I might encourage a staff member that I value their work and appreciate their dedication, I might also remind them that anyone of us could be hit by a truck on any given day. Ouch! Why would I go there? Well, it is an important consideration with the undertaking of any process, task, program and new policy. Someone else should know how to access the information for any project we work on. We should always write directions for those who will come after us… because they WILL come after us. Everyone is replaceable, but we should work to ensure smooth transitions and operations in the times when we have to replace the work done by someone due to a happy event like retirement or a FMLA for birth or, in the tough situation of, an illness or injury. As always, we have a number of major events coming up. Let’s make sure that we have our “bases covered” with a tidy file that anyone could grab to pick up where someone else left off. We might need to stammer a little and muddle through, but we must provide great service and quality programming. So, if you aren’t feeling well, you can rest assured that we will muster on!