002 13 weird things i did when i was an ascm

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1) The document describes unusual things the author did as a leader to motivate their team, including having the team write resignations as a lesson and getting drunk after reading team feedback. 2) It advocates bringing emotion and passion to leadership, taking risks, and prioritizing values over processes. 3) The author argues for connecting with people on a human level, even if it means crying in front of the team, and rewards those who are willing to speak up.

Weird Things I Did When I Was
ASCM
This is the TIME of your life!

You get to learn the ropes of the
toughest discipline on the PLANET

LEADERSHIP!

Steve Remedios

ONE

Had everyone write out their resignations!
Then I wrote mine��
Then I tore them all up!
RIGHT THERE

RIGHT THEN

Steve Remedios

TWO

Worked a market without anyone!
NO TSI
NO RS
NO RSSM
Picked up a few bills.
Ran a case study contest in the next JC
Meeting��
Made the team decide��

Steve Remedios

THREE

Showed up at an RS point in KARWAR
At 8:30 in the morning
When no one had a clue as to where I was

Steve Remedios

FOUR

Banned paper from JC Meetings

NO PAPER

NOT A SCRAP

(I was jocularly said to gel my hair to
enable blue-tooth reception!)

Steve Remedios

FIVE

Used the SURVIVOR format to decide who would
get transferred at the end of the year.

The team decided.

Not me. If you were on the boat, and not rowing
the best you could, then this was not the boat
for you.

Steve Remedios

SIX

Told my team that I was likely to be ill
tempered in the next month because I
had broken off with my girl friend!

And then started to CRY!
IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM

Steve Remedios

SEVEN

Did not allow 2 TSIs who came late for my
first meeting to attend that meeting.

THEY STOOD OUTSIDE ALL DAY

(No one ever came a minute late for a
meeting I ran, after that)

Steve Remedios

EIGHT

Made it mandatory for everyone to switch
their phones off from 9:30 to 5:30

(On a random check, a TSI swore that he
had switched it off and it rang only when
I had called!)

Steve Remedios

NINE

Ran a day long classroom training session
for my stockists.

Had them sit in a class room for a full day
and made them take tests at the end of
it! Yes, the stockists!

Steve Remedios

TEN

Got drunk one night after reading all the
depressing things my team had to say
about me. Called every one of them
between 10:30 and 1:00 in the morning
and said I was really sorry, and that
things would be different!

I CRIED THAT DAY TOO!

Steve Remedios

ELEVEN

Rewarded an RSSM who had the courage
to say what he felt.

��Hotline to ASCM��

If a RSSM thought a TSI/SO/ASM wasn��t
rowing fast enough he could voice his
dissent!

Steve Remedios

TWELVE

Refused to do a quarter end.
PERIOD
I turned in my laptop!
I went home!

(I was in a cold sweat)

I am still in HLL!

Steve Remedios

THIRTEEN

The Crucible

Let me tell you a story.

After this day, I never had to justify
anything I asked for. Because I knew I
had their hearts��

Steve Remedios

IN SUM

Listen to your heart!
Be human, its easy to like people with
REAL feelings
If you are not being a freak, you are
missing a trick
Its OK to cry!
If they don��t love you as a friend, they will
not walk that extra mile for you

Steve Remedios

AND FOR THE DOUBTERS��

And those of you who like a little
theory and quadrants thrown
in��

Steve Remedios

LEADERSHIP MODEL

Ideas Values

Emotional Energy
&
Edge

Steve Remedios

THE LEADERSHIP ENGINE

Noel M Tichy
(He ran GE��s training center at
Crotonville in the Welch era)

READ THE BOOK

Steve Remedios

Jack Welch

��You can��t behave in a calm, rational
manner. You��ve got to be out there on the
lunatic fringe.��

Steve Remedios

Steve Jobs

Stay Hungry.

Stay Foolish.

Steve Remedios

So what do these terms mean?

STR PDO
RPI BHC
OSD% BDI
WtdD CPS
NumD Gain/Loss

Steve Remedios

SO LONG

And thanks for all the fish��

Steve Remedios

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002 13 weird things i did when i was an ascm

1. Weird Things I Did When I Was ASCM This is the TIME of your life! You get to learn the ropes of the toughest discipline on the PLANET LEADERSHIP! Steve Remedios

2. ONE Had everyone write out their resignations! Then I wrote mine�� Then I tore them all up! RIGHT THERE RIGHT THEN Steve Remedios

3. TWO Worked a market without anyone! NO TSI NO RS NO RSSM Picked up a few bills. Ran a case study contest in the next JC Meeting�� Made the team decide�� Steve Remedios

4. THREE Showed up at an RS point in KARWAR At 8:30 in the morning When no one had a clue as to where I was Steve Remedios

5. FOUR Banned paper from JC Meetings NO PAPER NOT A SCRAP (I was jocularly said to gel my hair to enable blue-tooth reception!) Steve Remedios

6. FIVE Used the SURVIVOR format to decide who would get transferred at the end of the year. The team decided. Not me. If you were on the boat, and not rowing the best you could, then this was not the boat for you. Steve Remedios

7. SIX Told my team that I was likely to be ill tempered in the next month because I had broken off with my girl friend! And then started to CRY! IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM Steve Remedios

8. SEVEN Did not allow 2 TSIs who came late for my first meeting to attend that meeting. THEY STOOD OUTSIDE ALL DAY (No one ever came a minute late for a meeting I ran, after that) Steve Remedios

9. EIGHT Made it mandatory for everyone to switch their phones off from 9:30 to 5:30 (On a random check, a TSI swore that he had switched it off and it rang only when I had called!) Steve Remedios

10. NINE Ran a day long classroom training session for my stockists. Had them sit in a class room for a full day and made them take tests at the end of it! Yes, the stockists! Steve Remedios

11. TEN Got drunk one night after reading all the depressing things my team had to say about me. Called every one of them between 10:30 and 1:00 in the morning and said I was really sorry, and that things would be different! I CRIED THAT DAY TOO! Steve Remedios

12. ELEVEN Rewarded an RSSM who had the courage to say what he felt. ��Hotline to ASCM�� If a RSSM thought a TSI/SO/ASM wasn��t rowing fast enough he could voice his dissent! Steve Remedios

13. TWELVE Refused to do a quarter end. PERIOD I turned in my laptop! I went home! (I was in a cold sweat) I am still in HLL! Steve Remedios

14. THIRTEEN The Crucible Let me tell you a story. After this day, I never had to justify anything I asked for. Because I knew I had their hearts�� Steve Remedios

15. IN SUM Listen to your heart! Be human, its easy to like people with REAL feelings If you are not being a freak, you are missing a trick Its OK to cry! If they don��t love you as a friend, they will not walk that extra mile for you Steve Remedios

16. AND FOR THE DOUBTERS�� And those of you who like a little theory and quadrants thrown in�� Steve Remedios

17. LEADERSHIP MODEL Ideas Values Emotional Energy & Edge Steve Remedios

18. THE LEADERSHIP ENGINE Noel M Tichy (He ran GE��s training center at Crotonville in the Welch era) READ THE BOOK Steve Remedios

19. Jack Welch ��You can��t behave in a calm, rational manner. You��ve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.�� Steve Remedios

20. Steve Jobs Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Steve Remedios

21. RAIN CHECK Are you deriving value from your brand stint? Steve Remedios

22. So what do these terms mean? STR PDO RPI BHC OSD% BDI WtdD CPS NumD Gain/Loss Steve Remedios

23. SO LONG And thanks for all the fish�� Steve Remedios

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