Weird Things I Did When I Was ASCM

Weird Things I Did When I Was ASCM

This is the TIME of your life!

You get to learn the ropes of the

This is the TIME of your life!

You get to learn the ropes of the

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You get to learn the ropes of the toughest discipline on the PLANET

LEADERSHIP!

You get to learn the ropes of the toughest discipline on the PLANET

LEADERSHIP!

ONEONE

Had everyone write out their resignations!

Then I wrote mine…

Then I tore them all up!

RIGHT THERE

Had everyone write out their resignations!

Then I wrote mine…

Then I tore them all up!

RIGHT THERE

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RIGHT THERE

RIGHT THEN

RIGHT THERE

RIGHT THEN

TWOTWO

Worked a market without anyone!

NO TSI

NO RS

NO RSSM

Worked a market without anyone!

NO TSI

NO RS

NO RSSM

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NO RSSM

Picked up a few bills.

Ran a case study contest in the next JC Meeting…

Made the team decide…

NO RSSM

Picked up a few bills.

Ran a case study contest in the next JC Meeting…

Made the team decide…

THREETHREE

Showed up at an RS point in KARWAR

At 8:30 in the morning

When no one had a clue as to where I was

Showed up at an RS point in KARWAR

At 8:30 in the morning

When no one had a clue as to where I was

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FOURFOUR

Banned paper from JC Meetings

NO PAPER

Banned paper from JC Meetings

NO PAPER

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NOT A SCRAP

(I was jocularly said to gel my hair to enable blue-tooth reception!)

NOT A SCRAP

(I was jocularly said to gel my hair to enable blue-tooth reception!)

FIVEFIVE

Used the SURVIVOR format to decide who would get transferred at the end of the year.

The team decided.

Used the SURVIVOR format to decide who would get transferred at the end of the year.

The team decided.

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Not me. If you were on the boat, and not rowing the best you could, then this was not the boat

for you.

Not me. If you were on the boat, and not rowing the best you could, then this was not the boat

for you.

SIXSIX

Told my team that I was likely to be ill tempered in the next month because I had broken off with my girl friend!

Told my team that I was likely to be ill tempered in the next month because I had broken off with my girl friend!

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And then started to CRY!

IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM

And then started to CRY!

IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM

SEVENSEVEN

Did not allow 2 TSIs who came late for my first meeting to attend that meeting.

THEY STOOD OUTSIDE ALL DAY

Did not allow 2 TSIs who came late for my first meeting to attend that meeting.

THEY STOOD OUTSIDE ALL DAY

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THEY STOOD OUTSIDE ALL DAY

(No one ever came a minute late for a meeting I ran, after that)

THEY STOOD OUTSIDE ALL DAY

(No one ever came a minute late for a meeting I ran, after that)

EIGHTEIGHT

Made it mandatory for everyone to switch their phones off from 9:30 to 5:30

(On a random check, a TSI swore that he

Made it mandatory for everyone to switch their phones off from 9:30 to 5:30

(On a random check, a TSI swore that he

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(On a random check, a TSI swore that he had switched it off and it rang only when

I had called!)

(On a random check, a TSI swore that he had switched it off and it rang only when

I had called!)

NINENINE

Ran a day long classroom training session for my stockists.

Had them sit in a class room for a full day

Ran a day long classroom training session for my stockists.

Had them sit in a class room for a full day

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Had them sit in a class room for a full day and made them take tests at the end of

it! Yes, the stockists!

Had them sit in a class room for a full day and made them take tests at the end of

it! Yes, the stockists!

TENTEN

Got drunk one night after reading all the depressing things my team had to say about me. Called every one of them

between 10:30 and 1:00 in the morning and said I was really sorry, and that

Got drunk one night after reading all the depressing things my team had to say about me. Called every one of them

between 10:30 and 1:00 in the morning and said I was really sorry, and that

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and said I was really sorry, and that things would be different!

I CRIED THAT DAY TOO!

and said I was really sorry, and that things would be different!

I CRIED THAT DAY TOO!

ELEVENELEVEN

Rewarded an RSSM who had the courage to say what he felt.

“Hotline to ASCM”

Rewarded an RSSM who had the courage to say what he felt.

“Hotline to ASCM”

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If a RSSM thought a TSI/SO/ASM wasn’t rowing fast enough he could voice his

dissent!

If a RSSM thought a TSI/SO/ASM wasn’t rowing fast enough he could voice his

dissent!

TWELVETWELVE

Refused to do a quarter end.

PERIOD

I turned in my laptop!

I went home!

Refused to do a quarter end.

PERIOD

I turned in my laptop!

I went home!

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I went home!

(I was in a cold sweat)

I am still in HLL!

I went home!

(I was in a cold sweat)

I am still in HLL!

THIRTEENTHIRTEEN

The Crucible

Let me tell you a story.

The Crucible

Let me tell you a story.

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After this day, I never had to justify anything I asked for. Because I knew I

had their hearts…

After this day, I never had to justify anything I asked for. Because I knew I

had their hearts…

IN SUMIN SUM

Listen to your heart!

Be human, its easy to like people with REAL feelings

If you are not being a freak, you are missing a trick

Listen to your heart!

Be human, its easy to like people with REAL feelings

If you are not being a freak, you are missing a trick

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missing a trick

Its OK to cry!

If they don’t love you as a friend, they will not walk that extra mile for you

missing a trick

Its OK to cry!

If they don’t love you as a friend, they will not walk that extra mile for you

AND FOR THE DOUBTERS…AND FOR THE DOUBTERS…

And those of you who like a little theory and quadrants thrown

And those of you who like a little theory and quadrants thrown

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theory and quadrants thrown in…

theory and quadrants thrown in…

LEADERSHIP MODELLEADERSHIP MODEL

Ideas Values

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Emotional Energy&

Edge

THE LEADERSHIP ENGINETHE LEADERSHIP ENGINE

Noel M Tichy

(He ran GE’s training center at

Noel M Tichy

(He ran GE’s training center at

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(He ran GE’s training center at Crotonville in the Welch era)

READ THE BOOK

(He ran GE’s training center at Crotonville in the Welch era)

READ THE BOOK

Jack WelchJack Welch

“You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner. You’ve got to be out there on the

lunatic fringe.”

“You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner. You’ve got to be out there on the

lunatic fringe.”

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Steve JobsSteve Jobs

Stay Hungry. Stay Hungry.

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Stay Foolish.Stay Foolish.

RAIN CHECKRAIN CHECK

Are you deriving value from your brand stint?

Are you deriving value from your brand stint?

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brand stint?brand stint?

So what do these terms mean?So what do these terms mean?

STR

RPI

OSD%

STR

RPI

OSD%

PDO

BHC

BDI

PDO

BHC

BDI

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OSD%

WtdD

NumD

OSD%

WtdD

NumD

BDI

CPS

Gain/Loss

BDI

CPS

Gain/Loss

SO LONGSO LONG

And thanks for all the fish…And thanks for all the fish…

Steve Remedios