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I appreciate that and I totally agree. I haven't figured out quite yet what I want to do, and thought this would be a good opportunity to learn while I'm sorting things out.
Thank you! I will also check out Simon Sinek's book.
Mastery by George Leonard, right? I've read it before and still have a copy that I will reread.
This is awesome, thank you so much! I will definitely follow up.
Thank you! Any suggestions of useful topics/notes that I should track of to include in a report?
It entails sitting in on meetings, following the CEO around during his day to day work and seeing how things generally run at a company this size. He has allowed me to sit on meetings/calls in any department so I will probably be switching between being with him and the sales team.
Thank you. This gives me clarity. My need to contribute was my way of showing him how grateful I am, but that can come at a later time.
You make a good point. I think my need to bring value comes from being so grateful for the opportunity - I feel like I need to do something for him because he's doing something for me. I guess my time to 'repay' him will come later.
That's a great idea! I'm already all about eating well and fresh produce so I'm all set :)
I actually proposed the idea, but he did put the thought in my idea by telling me how successful his sales reps are...hmmm lol. It made me really curious how they do it, and how he was able to build such a successful company.
Great, thank you! I definitely don't want to overstep my boundaries, but I want to bring some kind of value. The CEO did initially try to recruit me for his sales team, based on my success at another company. Do you think it's ok to offer to help with some sales calls or essentially anything else that he thinks I can contribute to?
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realrali on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:41AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I have the opportunity to shadow a CEO/Founder of a $25 million dollar company. The company is in the fresh produce sector - not an industry that I ever really considered, but the founder has been able to build it up from nothing to one of Inc’s fastest growing companies in just 6 years. I have free reign to attend meetings/calls in all departments, and I have committed to 4 hours, 3 days a...