How many times have you met a 'real leader'?
By 'leader', I mean one of those inspirational people that believes a good pep-talk should always include that old chestnut "We have to pull together! There is no 'I' in 'Team'".
That comment has often been scooped up by my log-holes and allowed to rattle around my head for a short while before being dismissed as a load of nonsense.
Little did I realise as I set off for work early yesterday morning, that that comment would once again be aimed in my direction.
I had already completed two calls and had just arrived to carry out the third when bumped into my boss.
The short conversation we had as we crossed paths included several referrals to the 'good work' and 'team spirit' that we (carers) had shown over the Christmas period.
Then it came.
"We all have to work together; make a concentrated effort to get everything right for the client. There is no 'I' in 'Team' so we all have to muck in".
I was tired and it was too early for a spelling competition but I was so tempted to remind my boss that there is no 'F' in 'Chance'!
There is no guarantee that it would have been understood though.
Thats bosses for you, sitting on their bums in the office all day then telling you that YOU have to work harder so THEY look good...
ReplyDeleteThere's no "Q' in 'Team,' either.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I don't think that makes any sense.
I saw a real liter once. When I needed to pick up a bottle of Pepsi to help me burp.
But, I don't think that makes any sense, either.
"As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about."
ReplyDelete-Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead
I haven't let the Zombie thing go yet, sorry.