'Gotta love piracy

It's been a while since I last posted, and many things have been happening. Problems? Sure. Though I guess these would be the kind of problems one would actually like to have. So, what's the big deal?

After a year or so working in a corporation, the headhunters have started to come calling. Good news? Great news, in terms of fulfilling my esteem needs. Nothing puffs you up like another company telling you that you're worth more money than you're currently getting. That aside, even though the conversations I've been having are with headhunters and not the corporations themselves, I'm beginning to entertain thoughts of joining another company.

This is new for me. I love where I am and adore the people (including my boss!). I feel that my experience here has been one of the most empowering ones in my life. I got to do stuff that I wanted to do. Nobody really stood in my way. Almost everyone are enablers. Yes the pay doesn't quite stack up to other middle-managers in the same industry, but it sure isn't an insult!

What makes it complicated is that I have an ongoing project to create an enterprise-wide department that effectively promotes me into a director (senior manager). This is a great role and there'll be so much fun along the way - working and mentoring new people.

One of the soft-offers is that of an AVP position for the 3rd largest mobile communications service. That's HUGE for me. I've learned how difficult it could be setting up an organization development function from a middle management position. As a practitioner of organization development, it really makes a difference when one's involved in the creation or facilitation of organizational strategy.

No decisions yet. It's just a bit uncomfortable because everything's in flux. What I'd like to share is what I learned about the job of the professional headhunter, a pirate in some people's views. Well, they enable organizations to poach employees of other organizations. As far as that lady is concerned, her role is to "make happy people happier."

Well, I'm a happy guy. I can certainly dig that.