Is it unique to the multi-tasking nature of certification organizations, which run very lean and fast most of the time, or is this happening to everyone? Not too long ago when we asked, "How are you?" the response was "Fine." It is a neat, one syllable word that says a lot.
Now the one syllable word is "Swamped" and we suppose it says a lot about how you really are doing. It's an honest response among friends and colleagues in the certification network. Most likely, you are not going to say that to your best customer, prospective candidate or board member. It might signal the wrong thing. We heard it a lot at the last Quarterly Meeting and we hear it often in daily phone calls with certification folks.
One of the major benefits of your Certification Network Group is to provide some relief from "swamped" by connecting you to precise, relevant information that you would not find easily on Google or anywhere else. The whole point of our group, our website, this blog and our quarterly gatherings is to help you find each other and help each other.
Hats off to everyone in the group who actually read the postcard we sent to all members and went to the website to update your contact information. You would be amazed at the movement of certification leaders, owners, managers in our industry. It's a fast growing, rapidly developing business environment--this thing called certification and accreditation.
Extra credit goes to Marlene Dakita at the Professional Truck Driver Institute who wants you to answer this question: Do you certify courses rather than people? We certify courses at truck driving schools and can you tell us if you know of any other organizations that do this?
Comment here, please, so Marlene can benefit from your knowledge and experience--and so can the rest of the members of our group. Or comment here and click on the links in this blog to contact Marlene.
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