A couple days ago I was informed by my future employer of where I would be posted once I go back to Thailand this June. Honestly I was very surprised not so much in a positive way. It was more like a shock; the department I have been assigned to never crossed my mind and was not of my interest. I am more interested in training, performance management, talent development and performance assessment. It is the department of promotion of ethics. This is just life! Expect the unexpected! Who knows I might like it and it might be the right place and job for me. With that being said, being optimistic and willing to embrace new experiences/opportunities is one of my strengths which I believe are one of important attributes of a leader especially when the time a change takes place.
Another surprise I got was that my department would like me to attend a workshop at OPM before I go back home. This is a great surprise for me! Learning is my passion. I always strive for learning opportunities either self-directed learning or instructor-led learning ones. The workshops I will be attending are Introduction to Conflicts of Interest, Elements of a Complete Ethics Program, and Ensuring Consistent Advice and Counsel. I am really looking forward to exploring this field of HR. I hope by the time I leave US, I would have been well equipped with the right knowledge and necessary tools to be used or applied in my job.
My main task is to make sure that ethic codes of conducts are efficiently and effectively communicated and reinforced so that all employees both at national and local levels understand and commit to the defined moral principles and ethics.
This is going to be a challenge for me to embrace this new career path as it is in the field that I barely have direct experiences in. However I believe in myself that if I stay positive, work hard and am willing to take risk and to learn, I can execute this job well.
The leadership style that hit me once I was informed that I would be working in the department is transformational leadership as (hopefully) the training or mechanism that I will design and reinforce will have an impact both on personal level (changing the behavior and attitude of employees) and organizational level. I am excited and looking forward to adopting and adapting theories and applications I have learned from the leadership class to my real work. It's going to be a challenge as my future organization's structure is considered bureaucratic and the organization values are heavily influenced by the culture and norms of the country which can be both hindering and enhancing forces. I would like to see how applicable and effective the theories and applications which were developed by the westerners can be when being applied in a significantly different work setting.
I will end this post with the official name of the department I will be working for both in Thai and English language!
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