It's mid-December 2020, the year from hell for so many. We're about to receive the first messy solid precipitation of the season. Jill and I are doing well in the midst of COVID-19 and managing to work from home (me entirely, she mostly) without annoying each other excessively. I'm about to make another transition - at the end of the month I'm leaving employment at South Mountain Company after 10-1/2 years, and reverting to just consulting.
These past 10-1/2 years have been immensely rewarding. I learned more from SMCers than vice versa (as Yogi Berra said, you can observe a lot just by watching). This community of people is extraordinary in so many ways. Over these years, people have asked me numerous times what motivates me most at South Mountain, and my answer continues to be, I’ve never been in a group where dedication to excellence, and doing the best one can, has been so prevalent. The richness comes from the diversity of what we define as excellence. That diversity leads to differences of opinion about what should be prioritized, but the commitments we bring are the foundation of goodwill that allows us to, together, create something profoundly better than any of us could do alone.
Yogi again: when you come to a fork in the road, take it. So, I am.
Than you for sharing this big news! Leaving a company that has a dedication to excellence sounds like a difficult decision but I look forward to seeing where this next fork takes you. Good luck!
Posted by: Eli Roxby | 12/20/2020 at 08:49 AM