I am getting used to the door of my office is opened and most of my staffs are right in front of my eyes or i can actually hear them talking.
It started when i founded R&D Secretariat and later changed to Research Planning Secretariat (Sekretariat Perancangan Penyelidikan or SPP) back in 2006. I had one office in Floor 17 Bangunan Getah Asli, and one office in Sungai Buloh. My door was always opened. I could not really see any of my staffs from where i sat but usually i just howled if i needed anything. I could also hear what they were talking. I was so used sitting alone quietly in the room and that was certainly a new experience to me.
When i moved to a different unit, i was provided with a large room. I got promoted and all the Heads of Unit are together in one building. My staffs were mostly in another building. I did not like it so I planned for building renovation. Finally i managed to secure RM1 million for good extension. Before i even managed to start designing the new extension, i was again moved to another unit.
What an isolation. It was I and the new Personal Assistant (PA). In fact that room has bad history before i was moved to. I wanted to change the wood door to glass door but before it even happened, i managed to move myself including the PA out of the rooms and swap with the new meeting room. I was back to being closer to staffs and again i did not close my door. I could not simply shout as before because my staffs are either in the laboratories or have their own rooms. Nonetheless, we are much closer. Some of my officers are too far away and i tried to move them near. Yet i was not successful in that venture. Well ... you gain some and you lose some.
I moved to another place about 3 years later. It was supposed to be a small place but somehow the CEO+PA are disconnected from the rest of the staffs. Of course my door as well as my PA's are open but i could not hear anything else. When i was offered an opportunity to move, i simply jumped coupled with other important reasons. The new place was small and i could listen to almost everything. I was there for six months then i moved out.
My current place ... this is where i am now. Everyone is here. People are getting to know each other. They want to have a office club. Regular contribution to have birthday cake. They are beginning to trust each other. I like what is happening now.
Why i put this blog in MyHealth ... i have a good health with my door open, watching and listening to people voices their happiness, worries, and sharing burdens.
Alhamdulillah ....
