Team Building and Australia

Will be taking a red-eye(night flight) to Brisbane for a four days team building trip. We have an excellent Q1 results. So we are celebrating our success. After that I will be taking 4 more days vacation to do a family team building. It is good to take a break from the office and work. Although we are really to working to rebuild the team morale. The integration to the bigger entity has drained all our energies. We are forced to focus on internal requirements and making sure we cross all the "t"s and dot all the "i"s.

I was working hard to protect the team from the onslaught of all the petty requirements but it is futile. The guy whom offered to help, Jeff R is the same person who decided the merged us into the bigger entity. Not only did I not get the help, the message was clear - tow the line. It is his way or the highway. I just realised Jeff mentioned he was the MD for Japan for 3 years and he was the one to shut down the operation. Jeff is also killing the goose that lay the golden eggs by merging our business to another business who does not understand our operations. I guess if our business start to fails, Jeff will have two on his record. He may not realise that he is the guy who kills business. Who does anyway?

All I know is Jeff R has ambition to come to Asia to work and run a business. Although he understands the theory and philosopy of business e.g. he says it is people who runs the business, he does not realise what his actions and decisions can do. Hence I would rate any business he runs in Asia will get into trouble very quickly. My best wishes to Jeff and his dreams. May his dreams come true. It will be great to have competitors like him!