Long Legged Blogging - Richard Kenyon's Ramblings

Managers Blogging ? I wonder how many people managers are out there blogging? Not enough probably. So here is a pitch for more managers to blog. I certainly get one hell of kick out of managing my team and helping and then watching them deliver qrtr after qrtr on projects that are tougher, harder and more challenging than they have ever been. Certainly as a manager, it doesn't get any tougher than managing in a tough economy, need I say more. Either way, it's something I put a lot of passion into, I love helping people be productive and grow in their careers and look back at themselves every year and see how much they have moved forward.

I also believe that good managers are a key asset to Sun, I've had a couple of iffy ones in my career but many more good ones, who have done for me what I can now do for others.

Anyway, I though I would pay a public tribute to my team, in High End Operations Engineering who have just performed incredibly this last year, helping Sun back to get back on the path to profitability, in our small way. (2004-07-27 13:42:20.0) Permalink Comments [1]

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I'm blogging pretty fervently, though only occasionally on work-related topics. On the upside, I think this makes us a much more human (and humane) company, and our passion is one of our greatest (and most unique) attributes. On the other hand, I do worry about saying things that would offend one of my employees or colleagues or bosses. As a manager, you have to be doubly careful, because of the authority you carry around by virtue of your position. (You carry a big stick, whether you realize it or not.) Given the current direction of company culture, I'm taking the risk of being more self-expressive rather than less. I hope it doesn't turn around and bite me!

Posted by Jeff Solof on July 28, 2004 at 08:26 AM PDT #