On the Mark

Being an East Coast guy, I find myself here in Monterey, California for our inaugural management retreat.

I’ve been to this beautiful place once before in an undoubtedly selfish and soletary  pursuit 10 years ago, when I spent a week playing golf all by myself in the Mecca of the game. Pebble Beach, Poppy Hills, Links at Spanish Bay and the Black Course of Bayonnet.   All for me.

So now, 10 years later, I’m  here for something just the opposite: a meeting of the ”team.” And I don’t mean some hokey “team” doublespeak, but the real thing.

This was the first meeting of Seagate Services with all my new bosses, my new coworkers and simply put, the formation of a top-flight organization by a parent that knows how to win.

Finding the synergies, seeing the SWOTs and just putting all the pieces of the puzzle together is going to be fun.

“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey,”  someone said. And after getting a glimpse of the road-map I can say many folks are excited at what the future holds for this organization.   

Tonight management broke into random teams and then engaged in a cooking contest at the local culinary school. This wasn’t about entertaining the troops who’d travelled from near and far. This was about bonding with new colleagues and forming good working relationships. This was about building “team”.

As we walked back to hotel in the cool Monterey night, I knew I’d remember this event. Remembering where you were when something special started isn’t hard to do.

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