[SBE] Can Your Manager Tell You What You Do For A living?

[William T. Hayes]

I am sorry if I offended you. I wasn't implying that the GM shouldn't visit
the site or that there was any mutual exclusivity between them visiting or
gaining their confidence. And as pointed out, having them come out to give
them a point of reference and see the site can have positive results. I also
believe I qualified it several times in my response that these were my
opinions based on my experiences. Again, my opinion, I would rather spend
time and effort gaining my GM confidence in me rather than trying to make
sure that my manager can tell me what I do for a living.

Bill

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>>From   "William T. Hayes" <wt_hayes at ix.netcom.com>  

>>Do you really want the GM of the station out at the transmitter site or do

>>you want his or her confidence?

 
Why are the two choices exclusive?



>>From   "William T. Hayes" <wt_hayes at ix.netcom.com>  

>>I have taken GM's and corporate people out to transmitter and translator

>>sites. Here at Iowa Public Television I have even hosted a board meeting

at

>>a transmitter site. The purpose has never been to have them understand

what

>>I do for a living. It is to give them a point of reference so that when I

>>talk about transmitters, towers, antennas and transmission line they have

a

>>point of reference for the size of the components.


I never said take them there to teach them physics. Give them a point of
reference, like you said. That's the minimum. I would also hope that they
would comprehend the basics of facility.



>>From: A9xw at cs.com

> I took the whole BOD and senior staff for a tour. Results: 

> they will put in running water (well, septic, bathroom), fix the building,

fix 

> the road, and are buying an engineering department truck 4x4.  


And this is a positive example of what can happen.
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