RE: Re: Sticking point

Andrey,

Once your at the table you may get a chance to speak, but it's getting
the to table that is the issue. We're a moderate sized firm (~4,000)
doing construction (de-construction), and any exec (Director or above)
has very little time to interact with anyone other than the direct
reports and those asking for time from above. 

I spend my time doing some emails and catching up on phone calls while
waiting for others to do the things I've dispatched them to on my
behalf. Usually a few minutes over lunch or between meetings. I spend
time here, because it has direct benefit to my job (Program Office), but
not much is left for even casual reading or relaxing. 

My boss has even less time and his boss has zero free time, so getting
the opportunity to present some idea from essentially a stranger is
nearly impossible. In addition having access to such people is also
nearly impossible, the idea of walking into the CFO's office (if your no
already on staff or known to have value), is flat impossible. 

This is not unusual for a moderate to larger firm in the US.

Glen B. Alleman 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrey 
> Do they need?  I, being _the_ person, responsible for entire company,
use
> the following way:
>   - state my goal
>   - listen to proposed solution
>   - figure out how much can I spend to keep the option of this
solution to
>     be open
>   - ask the person what _useful_ (having direct Business Value) can he
>     deliver within the 'open option' budget
>   - if (s)he can't explain -- he's not qualified
>   - if he promises to deliver and fails -- he's not qualified
>   - if he promises and delivers and using gained knowledge is still ;)
> sure
>     he can perform his original claims, I go to step 3 again :)
> 
> BTW, that's what I propose to _my_ customers.
> 
>  GBA> Your "vision" of an exec "hiding" may be valid in some domains,
but
> it's
>  GBA> not one I have experienced in our business.
> 
> Well, I'm glad to hear that.  Most people, I've seen, who claim to
look
> for
> a solution yet failing to do anything towards its are driven by
limiting
> beliefs and fears.  This is difficult case, compared to people, having
> Courage to admit that they have a problem to tackle with and doing
> _something_ to solve it.
> 
> --
> Andrey 


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