Emerge Inc. Blog

At the beginning of summer, I started sending a weekly email to all Emerge team members. We are growing at a nice pace and with 10 people in 2 offices, I wanted to be sure everyone was brought up to speed on important issues, items and projects.

Following is an excerpt from one of those emails:

I wanted to let everyone know that this is a critical week in the continued growth of Emerge. In addition to our normal work, we have a large number of big projects with deadlines quickly approaching.

This is time to show Emerge’s capabilities. If I was a sports coach, the pregame speech would go something like:

This is the opportunity for each person to step up, to demonstrate his or her skills. This is what we work for. These are real projects, for real clients, and will be used by many thousands of people. This is the time to be very focused, to complete tasks as quickly as possible, to avoid errors. Each individual’s actions this week will speak very loudly.

That said, these projects are too important and too big for individual effort alone. This is the time to work as a team, to communicate. To offer to help – but, don’t just call for the ball, show that you can make the shot. To ask for help – we need to utilize all of the talents of Emerge team members. Our actions as a team this week will speak loudly.

Let’s work together. Let’s work smart. Let’s stay focused. Let’s step up. And, let’s have some fun. Yes, there is a lot of work to be done, but we also have a very talented team. If we work together, we will have a lot to be proud of at the end of the week.

A little over the top? Probably, but the main points are true. The work we do this week will decide if we meet these important deadlines. And, meeting these deadlines will have a large impact on the next phase of growth at Emerge.

What followed was an extremly exciting week. I am proud to say that the Emerge team really stepped up. We accomplished an amazing amount of quality work in a very short time span.