While training John to prepare applications, I noticed that he did not want to follow my instructions. Instead, he wanted to figure it out for himself and learn from his mistakes. As a guest speaker, Kevin O'Connor would say "Hire for character and train for skills." So the question is: what happens if they aren't who they say they are when we interview them and they can't be trained when we hire them? Even if I tried to help him, he pushed me away. This affected my work and the organization because we were not receiving grant applications on time. In my personal strategic plan, my goal is to become a manager. John's long-term goal is also to become a manager. In a conversation I had with John, he said to me, “I should be in your shoes because I'm older and I'm married. This shocked me because I didn't know that being in a higher position than him would affect his work. About a month later, he asked me if I was going to look for a new job soon because I had studied finance but don't do any financial work. At that moment, I became really fr...