November 15th Meeting Recap
President Scot Sorenson welcomed us at the door on Monday with a big red heart sticker on his jacket that said “Be nice to me, I donated blood today.” Once again we are competing with that other club for the greatest number of blood donations. If you haven’t signed up for your “pint” – please do so soon. Remember that during the holidays your gift of blood is even in greater need.
After an interesting “Thought for the Day” by John Wheaton and the pledge, introduction of guests and visiting Rotarians, the meeting sponsor, Patti Monczewski shared some interesting tid-bits about Mercy General Hospital. Among several “firsts” Mercy is the first accredited chest pain center in Sacramento and currently performs over1000 open-heart surgeries a year. Additionally they performed 11,000 outpatient surgeries last year and for 85 years, have served the Sacramento community.
Announcements included reminders that nominations are now being accepted for the Rotary Board of Directors, that you are invited to join the Rotary team on November 30th to help prepare or serve lunch at Loaves & Fishes, that Daughter’s Day is coming up on December 20th, and that you can join a Rotary wheelchair distribution trip to South Africa in March, 2011. Dick Wertz wanted to share his special moment in the sun by telling us about his “hole-in-one” at Del Paso; and several others wanted to add money to their Eddie Mulligan or Paul Harris including: Jeff Stone who reported that the Rotary Rooters continue to earn at least 17 cents an hour and brought a check to reflect their “salary” for a half dozen gigs just last week. Diana Borrell, Don Brown and Brooks Erickson also added to the coffers.
John Wood introduced our speaker, Helen Scully who helps clients with career assessment, job search, career choice and change. Helen provided a very engaging talk focusing on four major personality styles – with stark reality about our individual styles. Are you an organizer, a liberator, a facilitator or an innovator? This writer has experienced some “personality assessment workshops” and these “labels” are much preferred to others such as: dominate, control freak, analyzer (‘til the cows come home) and socialite. Helen shared some interesting comments and insights of each personality style. The Organizer is focused on task, likes to make lists (and check things off), has a plan and needs to be right. They are efficient and goal oriented. Liberators are great facilitators and live for the adventure. Helen surmised that there might not be many Rotarians who fit into this category as going to lunch every Monday doesn’t really fit the liberators’ style. They like to have fun, be on the move and enjoy spontaneity. The Facilitator must do things that change a person’s life. They are great teachers and counselors and like to feel that their work is meaningful. The Innovator has a wide range of interests and is very creative. People who work with them must know what they’re talking about – or don’t bother to hang out with the innovator. They become bored if not learning something new. Helen suggests that knowing who you are working with may help you be a better boss and a better employee.