Just got back from the CCIF meeting in Toronto. I don’t know how I could feel so out of place especially when this meeting is for industry participants and that is what I have been for twenty-five years. Even before I got to the meeting I didn’t feel like I was welcomed…”somewhat like I was invading a secrete temple”. I usually feel that way if I’m being inauthentic or there is an inauthentic situation happening around me.
It would be very nice to have an industry meeting just like this on the production end of the industry or for techs, then there’s a good chance I wouldn’t feel so out of place.
Either way I new I was only going to the meeting for the best interest of the industry like everyone else so, in order not to cause any uncomfortable moments with the brass of our industry I decide to act like a fly on the wall while in attendance. As I was walking up to the front door of the Marriott Hotel my eyes caught my former boss, standing adjacent to the door. We acknowledged each other with a nod of our heads and I proceeded to obtain my badge for the day.
Except for the sponsors all other badges had their name on it along with their affiliated company, mine said Oaktown causing some confusion all day for attendance and me considering I was no longer with Oaktown as of Thursday. “Only I and the former new that and what was I supposed to say? I felt pressure to quit. No, I said nothing all day.
I have a full day tomorrow obtaining my level 2 Ontario Soccer Community Coaching Certificate. Therefore it might take me a few days to blog all the information I found to be interesting at the CCIF meeting.
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