Decision Made...Still a Number of Unanswered Questions

New Sun City Anthem Manager Announced

Faces Difficult Challenge

By now the community has been made aware that a new General Manager named Sandy Seddon has been named effective November 23, 2015.

Mrs. Seddon hails from The Golden State, is in her mid-forties, married, has two children, and according to what we've learned, has a number of years of experience in managing a homeowners association.

According to what has been stated, she apparently has 18 years of experience, but at a California homeowners association of 900 members.

No matter how you attempt to analyze her, one thing is for certain.

IT'S A DONE DEAL !  (for the most part), and no matter what your personal feelings, she will be the new Sun City Anthem General Manager.

...and...as far as Mrs. Seddon is concerned, we must give her our support to enhance her opportunity to succeed as our community GM.

We at Anthem Opinions....welcome her to this newest challenge in her career...a challenge that will be DIFFICULT.

Our expectation is that she has the independence and common sense to stand up to the ill thought out and financially disastrous decisions made by  a group of individuals whose past actions primarily have shown LITTLE RESPECT or COMPETENCE in governing Sun City Anthem.

As a result, our concern is NOT Mrs. Seddon, but those who determined she was the "chosen one", and if they will continue to HINDER those who have made attempts to render good financial advice.

That is the battle and conflict Mrs. Seddon will undertake while she manages the community....having to deal with those individuals who made the decision to hire her, those same individuals who will also have the opportunity to TERMINATE her at any time...if the decisions she makes....ARE IN OPPOSITION to those same people.

In addition Mrs. Seddon will also have to come to grips with certain individuals in the community who have taken it upon themselves to consider themselves "community spokesmen"...some of which HAVE BEEN EVERY BIT AS RESPONSIBLE for the DAMAGE and FINANCIAL PROBLEMS Sun City Anthem has incurred as those who have made the actual decisions.

Her looking at the actual results obtained by those individuals will hopefully determine just what confidence she should have in their advice to her....

...and we sincerely hope she encourages meeting and discussing the concerns of the residents with others who have differing opinions.

We also hope that she also has the ability to look past "politics as usual".

How to create an independent environment in order to accomplish success?

Here are our suggestions to Mrs. Seddon to achieve success.

BE YOUR OWN PERSON

STAND UP FOR YOUR BELIEFS, NOT THOSE OF OTHERS.

(do not be controlled by a Board...they will be replaced year after year)

TREAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU ,YOURSELF, WISH TO BE TREATED

(be kind and considerate...realize that senior citizens can often be "difficult" at times,  yet always will have had more life experience than you...and have accomplished a task you someday hope to accomplish...a self-reliant retirement)

SEARCH OUT RELAVENT EXPERIENCE FROM A COMMUNITY FILLED WITH THOSE WHO LONG TO PROVIDE IT

(especially from those who have been rebuked in the past for simply disagreeing with those in control)

DEMONSTRATE INTEGRITY

(make decisions that are good for the whole...not for the few)

What is our suggestion in order to accomplish all of this as a new General Manager of a large association?

Recognize that most organizations who place confidence in a new leader, choose their "own people" to accomplish satisfactory results in achieving goals.

And...as such...

CLEAN HOUSE

The saying "A New Broom Sweeps Clean" says it all !

Build your own team....with those you feel confident...not necessarily those currently in place. 

They will cling to the past...the past that brought a decision to REPLACE THEM.

Tomorrow let's examine the "full package" and the decisions that have yet to be announced.

But...today...let's welcome this lady to our community.

She has a huge responsibility and will need all the help she can get to make "Self-Management" succeed.

Got any other suggestions you would like to pass on to this individual as she joins our Sun City Anthem family?

Let us know.

Send us your comments to:

scaopinions@gmail.com

Anthem Opinions Administration

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   October 4, 2015 at 7:04 PM

   From Robert N...to...Anthem Opinions
   
   They pick someone WITHOUT Nevada accreditation?????
   
   I am not naïve enough to think a State's accreditation could mean anything....however if the State of California has more-stringent requirements than Nevada, then case closed.....
   
   ...but IF the State of California accreditation is merely "mail in your check and you're accredited" then I do have a problem.

October 5, 2015 at 12:33 PM

From Bud M...to...Anthem Opinions

Obviously it is in everyone's best interest for her to succeed. Clearly she has the best chance of doing so if her eyes are wide open and she learns the history of this Board. One of the best ways she can learn just how big her task is, is through Anthem Opinions. Another is through independent meetings with her employer, the residents of SCA.

October 5, 2015 at 12:23 PM

From Carl W...to...Anthem Opinions

As a Board Member I can tell you that one of the major reasons she was selected from among many candidates was the fact that she would not be afraid to look a Board Member "in the face" and "tell them like it is!" This Board is committed to letting her do the job she is being paid to do!