I have been thinking about the past 4 years (since September of 2007) the journey, friends and connections Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership has formed?and how happy I am that I was fired from my former employer! So I decided to RePost this article that was originally written on February 27, 2009.
This list below is quite humorous and I always enjoy reading it. Plus it reminds of of the challenges of work, management and how being a leader in any industry is hard. We all make choices I made mine with clear understanding, accountability and acceptance of the outcomes. Since the termination I have made some attempts to ?make-up? with my former employer and bring some business in the way of TeamBuilding & Leadership groups to use their facility and I will lead the programming. The response has been negative ? just another reminder of why work and management is tough.
I know this sounds clich? and;
Getting fired from that place was one of the BEST THINGS that could have happened!
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Personal Team Building Consultant Story; Some of you who read my blog know that before I started Create-Learning I worked as the Workforce Development-Team Building Director for a local conference center.
Things did not end well between the them and me. I am rather transparent in the story (although realize it will be biased.)
I was abruptly asked to not return to my former employer. I had many, many team building and personal objects that were left there. When I asked my former boss about getting my objects back he yelled some incoherent phrase and hung up the phone. So I had to contact Human Resources at the corporate level.
I made a list of all the personal belongings that were still on site. Since then I have received many yet still not all the items below.
Desk
- -Several Field Guide books (book shelf of cubicle)
-Outdoor living skills books (book shelf of cubicle)
-Team Building and Facilitation books (book shelf of cubicle)
-Two 3 ring binders about Experiential Education (book shelf of cubicle: on loan)
-Insect Net (on top of my cubicle)
-Personal photos (back right of desk: one framed Christine and I)
-Insect magnets (on the metal sliding drawers and over head shelf, one on the inside of top left drawer)
-Cactus (on desk)
-Yellow tool box (next to books on book shelf of cubicle: contains insect viewing boxes and owl pellets)
-3 Glass insect jars; 1 contains a Dragonfly Naiad exoskeleton and a Mature dragonfly, 1 contains a Sand Hills Hornet, 1 contains a petrified Anole (book shelf of cubicle)
-Box of team building and other activity cards (book shelf of cubicle)
-Black EMS Soft Shell fleece pullover (large lower left hand drawer)
-"Knock Knock" Corporate Flashcards (book shelf of cubicle)
-Red and Black Swimming Trunks (underneath desk)
-Petzl head lamp with red, green, and clear filter (not positive of exact location, possibly top or middle left drawer)
-Gerber Multi-tool, in Gerber Multi-tool carrying case (not positive of exact location, possibly top or middle drawer)
-Green LL Bean Winter Gloves (lower left hand drawer)
Experiential Learning Center (ELC) Building:
- -Black EMS pullover fleece with snap buttons (not positive of exact location, possibly hanging up with other jackets)
-Red EMS pullover fleece with zipper (not positive of exact location, possibly hanging up with other jackets)
-Lycra Tube inside a Stuff Sack (on left side peg board)
-Carl Jung Action Figure (on book shelf in ELC)
-Cleopatra Action Figure (on book shelf in ELC)
-Monkey Heads (3 ??) (inside pipe line bag, and inside red, green and other buckets)
-Devil Ducks (inside throwables bucket, and inside red, green and other buckets)
-Squeaky Rats (inside throwable bucket, and inside red, green and other buckets)
-Various smaller size throwables and small people (inside throwable buckets, and inside red, green and other buckets)
-Sticky Rats in a plastic bag (in lower drawer of file cabinet)
-Two Monkey Zip Change purses containing various smaller objects (on book shelf)
-Sticky fake poop (book shelf)
-Sticky fake finger (book shelf)
-other sticky fake things (on book shelf)
-Metal Puzzles (book shelf)
-Box of Items from Archie Mcphee (next to first aid bag on the floor under the harnesses)
-Tent and tent spikes (tent spikes are separate on the book shelf tent is on top right of storage top shelf)
-Zoom Book (book shelf: un-laminated pages are Mike?s)
-Rock Rings (on back peg board behind static climbing ropes)
-Red Tool Box contains ~ 130 ? 150 knives (top of book shelf)
-One pair of sneakers (back corner by indoor cable set-up)
-5 "Boss Toss" Catapults (book shelf)
-Plastic bin container ~ 75 miniature bosses (book shelf)
-Portable Reflexology Path w/ carrying case, DVD, and paper instructions (back peg board behind helmets)
I read this list and reflect upon how amazing my job is.
Thank you for supporting me in my dedication to facilitate your team to reach and exceed its potential.
My dedication is really to your success. I have had the opportunity through Create-Learning to reach out to the community and serve their leadership and team development needs in ways I never dreamed possible. Losing that job at the conference center was the greatest thing that could have happened!
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Now Your Turn;
What is your favorite item from the list?
Please share items that you have lost from other jobs, and things that former employers have kept of yours.
Please share how you life has been affected in a positive and / or negative way be being terminated or leaving a job.
I would love to hear about it.
-Michael Cardus is Create-Learning
Related posts:
- Items that were on my desk when I was Terminated
- Quoted as Team Building Experts ? By the Buffalo News
- Photo Inquiry Friday: If we were to repeat this activity again what would make it worse?
Source: http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/repost-items-that-were-on-desk-when-i-was-terminated
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