Friday, January 8, 2010

Chicago in the Winter?

Who in the heck goes to Chicago in the middle of the winter? I know..right...nuts! So I get in on Tuesday and early this morning the snow started....it hasn't stopped all day and now at 10:45PM it is still crazy snowing! Oh well...sometimes we just have to do what we have to do...


We are in the middle of a conversion with a company in Chicago and so my Business Manager and I braved the cold to do some on-site training for the new processers. Dealing with the cold and the snow has really not been a problem and our gracious hosts have been a joy to spend the week with.

One of the best things about these trips is meeting such energetic and brilliant people. Spending time in this forum allows us to see how other companies prepare for new business and how they interact and work together. I am always amazed at how their teams interlock and cruise together through these processes. You can always tell who will be successful in these ventures and who will fail miserably...in this instance this group has their act together and will definately be successful because their team communicates with each other and most importantly they have relationships of respect. They are not afraid to ask questions and listen to feedback - that is a team that wants to be successful because failure is not an option for them!

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