Hear Me Out Loud!

I haven’t felt this satisfied for such a long time!!

My team was summoned for a meeting with Finance on the provisional clause on the last Financial Audit. The person who summoned the meeting on behalf of the Managing Director was none other than the MizAnoi. I slept at three a.m. preparing the slides on my team key activities, to the tiniest little details, for I know, shouting out that the work load is unbearable will get unnoticed without a proper presentation.

As I walked in to the meeting room, MizAnoi has already written on the board the agenda of the meeting. Three of them altogether. Being as ignorant as possible, I hooked up the laptop with the projector and ta-da, the light shone upon her agendas. Then Tharan came and thought the agendas was the left-over from yesterday’s meeting, rubbing them off, clean!

I started the presentation, without being asked to speak, on the key activities of my team. Highlighting the priorities of each activity, with the security of supply being the MOST IMPORTANT task in our lives, I somehow explained on why are there the backlogs of open account. I kinda let the MD juggle, which one does he prefer most, getting the accounts beautifully closed and vessels having problem being fixed thus causing the interruptions of delivery. It was then clearly shown to everybody that OPERATION is not about checking and approving invoices, closing the accounts and capturing the data, it is actually about getting the delivery process smooth and uninterrupted.

The meeting was resolved by allocating two personnel doing the back office for the operation. It is kind of a support team, don’t ask me why is it called the back office. It sounds more like a backside to me.  Anyway, I am so glad that people actually heard us this time. Thanks to my effort!

MizAnoi, like always, was seated next to MD, occasionally whispering to him and joking around. There are times where we were talking across the table on certain issues, but she, gracefully, brought his attention to what was she thinking inside! There was this time where IDA asked us to stop talking, just to let her finish with MD so that we will get his attention. Bravo, girl!

I’m so glad that:
1. People actually now understand our work better, and which task is the first priority.
2. My boss approved my presentation without me having to go thru him first, in fact he supported every details by explaining in depth.
3. People actually asked whether we had enough, even with the new two coming in.
4. My boss kept hinting for more bodies to be in the team.
5. My colleague finally spoke her mind off!
6. My power point was in color and it was beautiful!

I never felt this good about work for such a long time. Eventhough it ended up with MizAnoi volunteering nothing and do nothing but suggesting, it went well. We have made our points and Finance actually understood them. Whether the MD understands that enough, I don’t know.

Another point of satisfaction: both Finance and my team clearly saw that MizAnoi sat there, doing nothing but kissing the MD’s butt. Don’t even know where does she belongs to, her activity doesn’t appear in any of the ERMS nor the Team Main Activities.

The world is so round, MizAnoi, one day you’ll be up there and one day you’ll be down. Just make sure people are around to help you when you are down there.