Yesterday, Ateneo CORD had its strategic planning for the next three years. Before we looked at the future however, we revisited the goals we set in 2010 and looked at what we were able to accomplish and what we had failed to do. There were still some things in our bucket list we were not able to do. Yet, there was far more that we accomplished. We put out two books with two more on the way.We were able to develop more customized solutions for clients and on larger scales. We were able to run programs outside Manila and the country. Financial targets were met and often exceeded. We partnered with the education sector and am helping in their HR and OD needs. At the end of this assessment, I asked them to pat each other on the back because it was truly a job well done.
Then we began to dream some more for the future. And while part of me was still excited at what could be, there was a part that was sad because I won't get to see these dreams happen firsthand. But with Dr. Bopeep Franco as ED and the current directors and staff, I know CORD will be in good hands and will reach even greater heights.
So the anxiety I've been feeling is not for CORD but for myself. In CORD, I was able to dream and see those dreams come to fruition. Work never felt like work even when the days were long.The people are just so nice and there was no politics or factions that tear some groups apart. We worked together as a team - pitching in to help each other, trying to be sensitive to demands of school or family, being a family.
Unfortunately, I am called to serve elsewhere and in June, will leave CORD to become chair of the Ateneo Psychology Department. As I count down to my last 101 days, I will try to stop and smell the flowers, as I am doing now. And simply be thankful - to have been given the gift of being in my best playground ever.
Then we began to dream some more for the future. And while part of me was still excited at what could be, there was a part that was sad because I won't get to see these dreams happen firsthand. But with Dr. Bopeep Franco as ED and the current directors and staff, I know CORD will be in good hands and will reach even greater heights.
So the anxiety I've been feeling is not for CORD but for myself. In CORD, I was able to dream and see those dreams come to fruition. Work never felt like work even when the days were long.The people are just so nice and there was no politics or factions that tear some groups apart. We worked together as a team - pitching in to help each other, trying to be sensitive to demands of school or family, being a family.
Unfortunately, I am called to serve elsewhere and in June, will leave CORD to become chair of the Ateneo Psychology Department. As I count down to my last 101 days, I will try to stop and smell the flowers, as I am doing now. And simply be thankful - to have been given the gift of being in my best playground ever.