Leadership Fumble

All we ever wanted to do was win some professional races, perfect a functional cloaking device, create our own crypto currency, and harness the power of faster than light hyperspace drives to help us explore the universe during the off-season.  Those are not outlandish ambitions in my opinion, or of the opinion of AcMo’s staff members who are authorized to speak on the subject.  It turns out none of the above goals are as easy to achieve as we had hoped.

Mistakes and bad decisions are unavoidable.  That’s why we spend so much time testing.  If we can even reduce our failure rate by .01%, we’re achieving something.  Most of AcMo's bad decisions couldn't have been avoided.  We are quick to trust and sometimes slow to complete our due diligence.  A great leader recognizes when a mistake has been made and is redirects the blame to any available third party before it has had a chance to leave an indelible mark.  That’s how leaders stay on top in times of crisis.  In this instance, our latest failure is the fault of our compliance department.  The chief compliance officer is not up to AcMo standards, but we felt sorry for him, so we put him on the squad.  That was a bad decision.

The chief compliance officer’s personality and actions do not mesh with AcMo's culture.  This guy refuses to adhere to the office dress code for one thing.  I swear I will lose my mind if one more employee shows up wearing flip-flops on their head.  These violations have contributed to several personnel accidents on the shop floor.  He is always trying to burn things with his magnifying glass while chanting, "Comply or die".  The fire risk puts our entire affiliated F-One team in a vulnerable position for obvious reasons.

Burn!

I have tried to have this fellow removed on numerous occasions, but he is resilient than his pliable appearance might indicate, and that magnifying glass is a powerful weapon.  The only way we’ve been able to survive is to work as a team to keep the chief compliance officer confused.

Snob has reported that he has ceased all work on the Scuderia AcMo F-One cars, and he is now devoting his time to truffle hunting.  His timing is impeccable since the first race weekend of the season starts in a few hours.  We are not going to be able to make it in time because of him.  The transporters haven’t even been built yet, and the last plane to Australia left a few days ago.

During my latest therapeutic panic session I stumbled across a possible solution to our constructor problem.  This is the person I should have assigned to complete our F-One cars ahead of the season opening Australian GP.  I hope he can work just as fast constructing full-scale vehicles.

 

We have sent an urgent plea to this master builder to see if he would be willing to join the Scuderia AcMo F-One team.  We believe we have an immediate opening for the chief assembler role.  Our only hope is to somehow void our contract with Snob Duben and figure out how we can get involved in his truffle hunting revenue stream.