I played tennis with the CEO of a Fortune 1000 company today. He came to the office, as he does every once in a while, to give an update on business, answer questions, etc…sort of a Town Hall meeting.
He was using one of the empty offices near my cube afterwards, and I’d heard he was an avid tennis player, so I stopped by his desk to say hello and ask if he wanted to play. He’s a fairly funny, engaging guy…fit looking, so I figured he might want to get some exercise. I didn’t think he’d say yes.
I picked him up at the office after work, and loaned him a racquet. Luckily my car was fairly clean.
I learned traveling that all people are pretty much the same, so I am not intimidated. We had a good time. As expected, he’s a nice guy…two kids just out of college. I asked him about pretty much everything but work. I’m sure he’s tired of talking about that.
He asked me about my background, and I talked a little about what I did at Hewitt…not much though. Even if I were a super star at my job now, it would be 5 to 10 years before I would be even a blip on his radar screen…if I were even interested.
He’s also a pretty good tennis player: intense, very consistent. I won the set 6-3. I was surprised he actually wanted to play. I do have the wrist injury, so I can’t really play that hard, but he won the points he won. I didn’t give him anything. He was competitive but gracious.
Anyway, most days are pretty boring, so when something interesting happens, I thought I would share it.
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