today, at 11am, is my focal results download. i have been eagerly awaiting this download since march started. hopefully there is some good news here or an appreciation of what i have contributed the past year (2005). originally, i was planning to write something about my focal results but lately i thought it will be more proper to skip it since the people who read my blog work in the same company. its confidential and of course people (even i) will feel bad if somebody shared some focal good news and our (my) focal result wasn't to expectations. that's really how focal works, its really up to your manager how best to 'market' you and if you don't fare too well, its his responsibility to explain WHY your accomplishments weren't enough to best the others. So far i have been quite lucky with my previous managers cause they all gave very good focal results.
lea - the thing i like about lea is that she is very technically competent and understands the detail of your SA. she also knows how much people work and rewards them accordingly.
mickey - she might not be the most technical of the managers but she can easily best a lot of manager in terms of people positioning & org development.
*let's not mention some of the managers i know who (1) do not have a professional bone in their body; and (2) who will leech other people and denigrate others to get ahead.
so where does focal leaves us? i think whatever the results of focal, it will tell us two things : (1) how well we did during the past year? and (2) what do we need to do different this year to get ahead of everybody? i still want to pursue other options and i am not rushing. after all, its true that good things happen to those who wait.
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