Legend of Thanksgiving
Upon stepping ashore, they stepped upon what would be known, and still exists today, as Plymouth Rock. Legend has it that the Native Americans greeted the metalcasters and helped them survive the first year. Of course, the original metalcasters were actually known as the Pilgrims and established the Plymouth Colony. As metalcasting was already a well-established trade in the “old world”, the skills more than likely traversed the ocean upon the Mayflower with the settlers.
The first year was brutal and with the help of the Native Americans, the metalcasters were able to survive and prosper. To celebrate a bountiful harvest and having survived the treacherous ordeal, a Thanksgiving feast was in order.
The giving of thanks continues to this day, on the fourth Thursday in November. For me, Thanksgiving is a time of reflection from yonder years of what I give thanks for. It is so easy to overlook and take for granted the most important things to be thankful for. As I grow older, my Thanksgiving takes on new meanings and I am thankful for the basics and the things that matter most.
Until next time, see you on down the road and above all, be safe.
Shane Allen
Head of SYNCHRO ERP North American Operations
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Making Sure You are in the Right Jungle
Coveyism, borrowed from the late great Dr. Stephen R. Covey of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Principle Centered Leadership.
If you want a clear understanding of the difference between management and leadership imagine the scene: someone going through the jungle with a machete cutting the undergrowth clearing it up. There are the producers down there, see, the workers. Here all the managers are, back here sharpening the machetes for them, putting on muscle development classes for machete wielders, setting up working schedules for machete wielders, handling jurisdictional disputes between machete wielders. The leader climbs the tallest tree in the jungle, surveys the entire scene, studies the larger picture and screams out “Wrong jungle” and all the managers shout back: Shut up we are making progress.1
Through BRM and CRM, your metalcasting operations will always be making progress in the right jungle through improved communications and expanded relationships.
