Greygal
Sephray Industries
Serenitas Solutus
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Posted - 2011.09.09 17:28:00 -
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I've been a director in my corp for well over a year... I'm pretty much the acting CEO at the moment as our current CEO's real-life job has left him little time to play, and none of the other directors want to deal with the boring stuff like smoothing bitter vet egos, diplomacy, hand-holding new players, and organizing stuff.
There is already a lot of really good solid advice in this thread, especially regarding roles and game play... I'm gonna focus on some of the touchy-feelly stuff of running a corp mostly below 
- The first and best thing you can do is simply accept the fact that the first casualty of ANY plan is, in fact, the plan itself
- Never forget you are dealing with real people, who have real emotions and attachments, egos and generosity and faults.
- Be absolutely in control of yourself and your reactions, and never try to control your members. Persuasion is far more effective
- Get REALLY REALLY REALLY good with spreadsheets. Seriously good with them. Google Docs is awesome - and mostly in-game-browser friendly!
- Get a forum where you can post all kinds of information answering as many questions as you can think of, and keep a list of links to your forum's posts and posts in this forum and the evelopedia in your in-game notepad. That way, every time someone asks a question, you can post a link to the answer immediately. It makes you look so on top of things!
- Embrace the enthusiasm of your new members, whether they are new players or years-in-the game. Everyone wants to be part of something bigger than themselves, create as many opportunities as you can however small or large to integrate your members into the whole, and feel like they make a difference.
- Don't let real-life family members into your corp. Seriously, don't. Regardless of how good your real-life relationship may be, eventually the line between real life and Eve will be crossed in some sort of ugly dramatic way.
 Trust me on this.
- When push comes to shove, when things are at a crisis point, make a decision and stick to it, even if it is the worst possible decision you could have made. It is better to make a bad decision than make no decision - or worse, multiple decisions that you don't stick to any of.
- It's not about making everyone happy, it's about making everyone feel like they matter.
- And finally, don't hesitate to ask for help and advice from your members. The people in a corporation are ultimately its greatest, most priceless, and most irreplaceable assets. Take their advice then make your own decision.
Best of luck in your corporate leadership endeavors, I hope this helps in some small way!
GG
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