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Hey I figured how to post a blog!

So in the past couple of classes it has really been great learning about how to motivate people. It is very rewarding when you know that you make a difference in someone’s life just taking a minute to get to know them. Motivation, in my opinion is something that is a very important quality that I look for in a leader because it doesn’t just mean “good job” or “keep it up” but it is taking the time to learn a little bit about someone and see how they work or how they respond and try to adapt to their style and be a bit versatile.

This actually brings up something an incident in my first week of extern. I was trained by an amazing employee and then he left for vacation. This put me in an awkward position because someone else came in the next week to train me who had no skill or training to be a trainer. After going through two days of hell, the head chef pulled me outside and asked me if I was properly trained. I looked at him and said NO. All this time I was thinking shouldn’t you be overseeing all of this? (Bad Management). Chef asked me why I felt that way and I told him there was no motivation for me to do well by my trainer. The next day Chef pulled aside my trainer and gave him a lesson on personal interaction. I guess what I am saying is don’t have new employees train another person if they are not experienced themselves.