Mr G.

Mr G----

You are special.

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You came as the dreaded outsider into a small little circle of people and made us explore a bigger world.

You took a group of stubborn, high octane personalities and melded us into a team.

You didn't accept excuses and taught us to work smarter, not harder.

You taught me to focus, accepted my goofy free spirit and helped me be a better Regional.

You taught me to delegate and to hold my people accountable.

Maybe a few times, especially at first, I got pretty sassy with you.  You never held a grudge.

The things you did to champion our teams were AMAZING!

You instituted so many great programs and tools for us to help our teams grow.

You taught me to take care of the people on my team by working hard and getting them the things they need to be successful.

On personal time:

"Time off is important.  Family is important.  If you have the time, TAKE it!"

On Giving Direction:

"Okay, this is what you need to work on.  That's it!  That's all you need to say.  Now, if it happens again, that's a DIFFERENT conversation."

The Tim G Way:

Get the Point Across, straight between the eyes, no sugar coating.

Kind, strong willed and full of character.

Laughing is good.

Mistakes are a learning opportunity!

Share knowledge.

Your Character:

A kidney transplant a few years ago and then you were right back with us, ready to grow.
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Your Christmas gift to us was an in kind gift to a worthy charity in our name.

Patient with us while we we grudgingly accepted your guidance.

Lunch with you was an hour of soaking in a lifetime of knowledge.

You were there for each one of us when we had something going on in our family life.

Today, you announced to our teams that you were retiring.  We've known it for a few weeks.  And one by one, with no prompting from us, our teams rose and gave you a 5 minute standing O.

Because, Mr. G, YOU are special.