Like a Piece of You Has Died

If you are in the business, there is nothing worse than the departure of a coach that was well liked by the people they worked with. Such was the case last weekend. Investing four years in helping someone achieve, then in the space of 24 hours, gone.

Through the process, I kept counseling everyone that time would be of the essence. I had no idea. If you are involved in a breaking event with any level of media or exposure, if you think you have a day, you have hours; if you think you have hours, you really do have minutes.

More on this later in the year, perhaps at convention or in the Digest, but the timeline for the release of our coach's resignation was even fast by my standards. It stunned the participants, to the point of some negative feedback. In the end, however, the way it was handled by all parties earned us credit with both the media and our fans -- and that's the best possible result even if some of the people involved want to bark about it right now.

But, no rest for the weary -- hiring process up next.