Jan 14, 2014 - Auditions and training

Today Aria had her first set of auditions for The Little Mermaid.  From what I've been told, she did really well.  Callbacks are Thursday, and the cast list is due on Monday.  She really wants Ariel, and she's been singing her heart out for weeks.  She's certainly in (we're not worried about that) but we're hoping she gets something juicy.

We all tried to encourage Christian to audition.  He'll make up his own mind, but he certainly has a supportive family.

Work today was a day of class about transition from individual contributor to a leader.  It was quite good.  I must say, the training stuff we have in place at work is consistently useful and relevant, and the entire management team actually uses the concepts.  Highlights from the training today for me was a reminder of how important team meetings are, and the realities around the importance of employee engagement and the facts of employee engagement.  Some research shows that 21% of all employees are "actively disengaged" at work, while only 18% are "engaged".  The phrase I hear at work that refers to these disengaged people is "they don't care".  I hadn't thought about this phenomenon as a measure of engagement, but rather as a measure of dedication or commitment.  Maybe the frame of reference will help me find better strategies to coach and invite them to move at least into the middle 61%.

And then tonight at home, a quick 5K run, writing some materials for my Japanese class, and now some reading time and sleep.  Katrina has been working on a new filing system for household finances and things, and it's nice to see little things in our lives get under control.  Last night, the last of the Christmas decorations went to the basement.  Little by little, we're making progress on the projects we've had on the list for a year.