Posts tagged with management
Don't try to manage your colleagues too much.
Employees want to be managed by people who empower them, not manage every bit of their day. The better you get at hitting the right balance between oversight and autonomy, the more likely you are to win long-term fans who will advocate for you as your career progresses.
Read more [forge.medium.com]
Mike Veerman points out that managers that are not making decisions are lazy.
Lazy management means not choosing. It’s only paying lip service. When we put quality first, together with security and performance and everything else, we’re not doing our job. We’re postponing the inevitable in the hope the monster goes away.
Read more [www.mikeveerman.be]
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On Basecamp's Signal v. Noise blog Claire Lew warns about the dangers of wanting to be nice all the time.
Now I’m not advocating for us to be mean. Disrespectful or dismissive leaders help no one. Rather, I’m calling for us as leaders to loosen our grip on “being nice.” To stop wanting our team to like us all the time. To let go of the expectation that every single interaction with our team should feel good. ... When we’re preoccupied with seeming popular instead of fair, when we optimize for pleasant conversations instead of honest ones — we hurt our teams.
Read more [m.signalvnoise.com]