We are starting our 3rd week of the mentor matching cycle for
the legacy StorageTek mentoring term. We matched 57% in week
one (16 out of 28 participants) and 79% in week two (22 out of
28). I am now working on finding SEED mentoring partners for
the last six participants.
Today and tomorrow are Sun’s world-wide executive Leadership
Conference (starting with the big announcement about Jonathan
becoming CEO!). It will be harder to reach some of the senior
executives to see whether they are interested in becoming a
SEED mentor this term.
It feels strange to have a new great-grand-boss after 22 years
of reporting to Scott McNealy but I very much liked what Jonathan
Schwartz had to say this morning. I
look forward to learning from him. Since I am a Director, I am
participating in the Leadership Conference over the web (only VPs
fit in the room). Still, it was very cool to see Scott’s 4 sons
and family in attendance even if I was not there in person.
One of the best things about Sun since it started has always been
its strong support
of family and balance in employee’s work life. When recent hire SEED
applicants nervously ask me about work-life balance as an
appropriate topic for
discussion with a mentor, I can point to the web pictures of
James Gosling and his daughter at the Java 10th Birthday Party and
to all of the times that Scott and Jonathan talk about how
important their kids and families are.
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