Employee Recognition

About a week and a half ago, I worked an INSANE schedule. I worked 60 hrs in 4 days. WHY? because I had a corporate deliverable to debrief my management team on. So a few postings ago, I might have touched on my "communication issues" with a particular co-worker. I am not sure if I handled the situation in the best wat, but we got positive results. There was one point where I decided to take matters in to my own hands because I felt like the ship was sinking, and it was sinking FAST! In the end I felt bad for taking over and I talked to each team member individually about it. One team member gave me a card that said "You're a Rockstar, Bernice, Thanks so much for your help and guidance on the CSS. It would have not beed a success without you! Thanks for being such a great buddy."

The other team member wasn't so enthused. But she was cordial about the situation. She's older and was supposed to be the lead on this effort. So I guess I stepped on her toes. Personally I am not going to deliver something that I know is absolutely wrong to management, when I am 100% sure what they are looking for. And the thing is, management knows that I know what needs to be done, so in a way if I hadn't stepped on toes, we would have been sent back to the drawing board. There's no need for that. That's not efficient. The lead is the person who works based on expperience. She gains her knowledge on trial and error. But when you are new and you have a deliverable that's as inportant as what we had, there is no time to test out the waters. Get it done!

End result (this is in regards to the final deliverable - powerpoint package, information take-away binder):

"I just can’t say enough good things about the results. They were absolutely right on track and I just saw so much growth in everyone involved. It was just fantastic. Thanks so much Bernice for hanging in there with the team, for being such an agile learner and team member! You are just awesome! Lockheed Martin is so fortunate to have you with us."

It came with an e-card that said: "Individual Commitment to a group effort is what makes a team work. Outstanding Execution and results delivery for the Customer Satisfaction Survey project! Thank You!"

So apparently we set a standard with the presentation we gave and management wants to recognize us in front of the department and wanted me to look at different ways to recognize the team.

I feel good today.