At my first manager’s meeting, after being recently promoted to store manager, my boss’ boss, also known as the regional director, began inquiring about our districts sales. I was surrounded by my new peers, many of which had years upon years of tenure and I with a little less than a month. The director began taking volunteers to suggest ways we could effectively cut costs. It should be mentioned that this director, “Mr. Sharpe”, was known for being tough.
I quietly sat back and watched the other managers propose their ideas and I continued to sit back as one by one their suggestions were shot down. “Tough indeed…” I thought to myself.
The room began to grow quiet, it appeared my co-workers were all growing tired of being made to feel inadequate. I decided it would be in my best interest to participate. Well, that decision was made for me by the man, the myth, the “toughness”, Mr. Sharpe.
“Well?” he looked at me with his eyes fixated on my very uncomfortable, fidgety gesture, “Don’t you have anything to add?”
That was when I proposed what I thought was the simplest and most obvious of solutions, fully prepared for my mocking and semi-public humiliation.
“Did you hear that? You folks can all learn a thing or two from this girl right here, she knows her stuff!”
“Hmpf,” I thought to myself, “Some tough guy”.
How did The Sharability Project impact Georgia?
“The Sharability Project is a powerful tool that enables people to connect with others by reliving and sharing personal life experiences. By default, it also assists us to Re-connect with ourselves by evoking all the emotions that come along with storytelling. The Sharability Project solidifies the theory that we are all united by our experiences despite our backgrounds because we are all humans, bonded by our emotions plights and victories.”