tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8149592323640990282..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Showing UpStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-54434443247939573352009-01-11T14:09:00.000-08:002009-01-11T14:09:00.000-08:00"If you arrive after me, you're late."~ The best l..."If you arrive after me, you're late."<BR/>~ The best leader I ever worked for at the first meeting he was leading that I ever attended.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say he didn't resort to weird meeting times or durations, and didn't confuse speaking for thinking. <BR/><BR/>He recruited us to the mission through the power of his ideas and the value he assigned to those few of ours that had any. <BR/><BR/>He went on to lead a global IT company through a radical, profitable re-branding, delivering stunning value to the shareholders.<BR/><BR/>Decades after I'd worked for him, we met on Sixth Ave. as he was exiting a limo in front of a midtown office tower. <BR/><BR/>He remember my name and what we had worked on together while his current staff stood by enjoying this astounding feat of memory.<BR/><BR/>As we shook hands and exchanged best wishes, saying goodbye for what was surely the final time, I felt the same pleasurable near-fright he'd provoked the first time I laid eyes on him. I've never been late to a meeting since that day. <BR/><BR/>Adam.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837083577644888719noreply@blogger.com