On to the blogging...
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8:18am - Getting ready for my first session of the day, with this one dealing with "Leadership Development in the real word" or something of that sort. I am all for any and every bit of material I can steal, so here's to hoping for a rich harvest. In other news, the hotel stuff is all done, and when the conference day is done I just have a 5 block walk back to the hotel to acquire my rental car and my luggage. While I am looking forward to learning more stuff today, I confess to also looking forward to a nice long and quiet ride back home.
9:56am - One positive resulf of Catholic guilt: almost extreme punctuality. I am sitting in the room now waiting for the next session. Time to jot down a few notes and check mail before, the next session, which I am really looking forward to, on the topic of Leadership Sins of Omission. Actually these times before sessions being are among my favorite, as I can be contemplative and stuff. Anyway, the last session was mildly informative. I say "mildly" because I don't really have that much interest in the part of HR that involves the identification of top talent, a topic that consumed much of the bandwidth during that proceeding hour+. No worries though, as I did get a few useful nuggets to contemplate.
8:57pm - I didn't have time to do much notation work between morning sessions, and as soon as I could I hit the road out of DC. It was a very long drive back, but outside of New York Avenue in Washington it was more or less congestion free. The sessions today were worth the effort.
8:57pm - I didn't have time to do much notation work between morning sessions, and as soon as I could I hit the road out of DC. It was a very long drive back, but outside of New York Avenue in Washington it was more or less congestion free. The sessions today were worth the effort.
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Post Script: I am truly blessed to work for a company that so willingly sees fit to invest in my development. I also see something of a moral imperative to bring a few things back to the company that might help justify this investment. I have a few ideas in this space, but I also need some time to cultivate them. One thing is for sure: I am not looking to do this again any time soon. Why? Well it's not because it was a bad experience, because that's simply not true. Rather, the overall experience just isn't me...be it the glitz, the group socializing or the crowds. I love the learning part of this, that's for sure, but the cost, as measured a few different ways, makes it something that is probably best saved for something less frequently than every year.
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