Ted Talk
Eating Frogs
It has been attributed to Mark Twain that he once said, “ Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. ” While there is no documentation that he ever said this, it certainly sounds like the kind of folksy logic and practical advice that he was famous for giving. Point being, if you have a difficult task ahead, don ’ t delay, or “ do the worst things first ” and you ’ ll feel better about everything else. It has been a year since I accepted the position as Orange County Administrator. Assuming a new organizational leadership role is always a challenge, but layer in the many limitations imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic, and I had my work cut out. Was this past year my version of “ eating a live frog? ” While I really didn ’ t have any choice in the matter, pandemic operations certainly weren ’ t optimal, and I am looking forward to working on other challenges with the Board, community and staff as we move ahead together.
I ’ m pleased to report that last week we had our first “ in person ” Senior Leadership Team meeting in over a year. Soon I will begin inviting employees to “ Breakfast with the Administrator ” on a monthly basis, and we will share with you what we have been doing to respond to what we learned in last fall ’ s employee survey. We won ’ t serve live frogs.
-- Ted Voorhees, Orange County Administrator
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