In the dwindling gloom of early morning, the dashboard of a school bus and the country road it will follow are seen. The predawn commencement of the scheduled pick up of students is about to begin. They will be, quite literally and figuratively, driven down their road to learning via this vehicle and others like it, throughout the world.
Only an ambulance has more miles of electrical wire and cable to activate their many safety lights than do these ubiquitous chrome yellow transporters of young people. They dot and define the landscape with the arrival of each, new fall season.
“Who is driving the bus?”, is a question that has been a part of the lexicon of business language for some time. And the people who manage people in business, are those to whom the question is posed. It is a metaphor for the setting of direction, of goals, and the routes or strategies that will be followed to achieve a punctual arrival or business success.
To effectively “drive the bus” a manager, like his or her counterpart behind the wheel, must know the rules of the road, the societal or governmental regulations that apply. The manager must look to the wellbeing of those for whom there is a responsibility and all the while, maintain order among those whose agendas might differ from the direction that has been set.
Michael Campbell is a man who is driving such a bus. He knows enough, just enough, of what must be done to arrive at his destination. And the rest requires his common sense, his true grit, elements of personality that he has in abundance.
Come join Michael, in the novel, CAPISTRANO, and experience the ride of your life as he negotiates both the paved and the rocky roads to achieve his dream.
CAPISTRANO is available at:
amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, xlibris.com, chapters.indigo.ca, ebook format at kindle & kobo
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