Posted on 07/25/2016 5:51:43 AM PDT by Lakeshark
For instance, I know what my team is doing on a daily basis. We have goals, we need to meet them. If there's a change, I need to know as much in advance as I can, so I can go up the chain and let the business know.
However, so long as we're accomplishing what we need - the exact "how" is less important to me. I'm not going to tell my best coders how to program, for instance. They have a job, I trust them to do it.
There are plenty of policy wonks in American politics today, but hardly any of them are competent enough to even run a lemonade stand. Trump is a good judge of people and I think he would make a sincere effort to put conscientious and talented people in his cabinet and throughout his administration. Hillary, on the other hand, would load up her administration with donors and political hacks whom she owes favors(money), and that number is probably in the thousands.
Amen to that. I've left jobs due to micromanagers. They drive me nuts. When I was young and inexperienced, I appreciated their attention to detail and what I considered mentoring. After attaining a certain level of competence, the constant looking over my shoulder drove me batty and poured tar into the machinery of decision making and execution.
The best examples are the contrasting presidencies of Jimmy Carter, who personally scheduled the White House tennis court and Ronald Reagan, who was often accused of not knowing what was going on.
Both were brilliant men, but history is clear on which was the more effective president.
It is bunk and so is the idea that if you can run a business that grew to be a mega-corp you can run a business that is a conglomerate.
I had to deal with a corporate that went from leaving the small businesses they acquired alone to one that stuck it's nose in everything and wanted it all "standardized" with no inkling that it was local flavor that built those companies.
They got pulled up short a few times because of customer outcry but their vision never changed only their time table.
In some ways they acted very much like democrats, they may mouth words about "diversity" but what they really want was to shove everyone into the exact same mold.
And if bits got chopped off or there were empty spots that was just too bad.
That is my one worry about Trump. Will he see that "one size does not fit all"?
I hope so.
No it doesn't. I think your Churchill example is proof. When there wasn't leadership, I think old Winnie did a great job of micromanaging. The miracle of Dunkirk and Battle of Britain were splendid examples.
Where their was leadership, Churchill let his people perform. Read up about Churchill's disastrous micromanagement of the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I. He learned quite a lot from it. Most of all, he learned to use his skills at micromanagement very selectively and only when he didn't have someone closer to the situation capable of pulling it off.
I'll go all BarackObama and walk back my statement a little to.... "Let people do their job until they demonstrate otherwise." If things go in the ditch, that's the time to step in....preferably even a little before things go in the ditch. :-)
That's a teaching moment...micromanagement? Probably. "OK, so we're stuck. This is how we're going to get out of it. First, we've got to get this step done. Then, this. Finally, this. I'll be back tomorrow to see how things are going. Call me with *any* questions." Then, again, let them do what's assigned. (like I said in my previous post, this is the hardest part....stepping back to let them do it)
The key is to follow up as you've stated. Otherwise, you're just an idiot who's barking out orders.
Trump impresses me as that kind of guy. Delegates authority. If the person delegated to can't handle the task, coach them up or get them the resources they need. If they still can't handle it, well, it's time for them to look for another position.
Totally agree. I think you’ve explained a proper balance.
I watched a weekly Agricultural TV show this weekend.
They announced that Trump had already named a committee for agricultural issues & it’s chairman is a Nebraska Angus cattle rancher.
I believe that every move he will make will be on the same order-—find experts in THAT arena of life & USE them for the benefit of the USA.
The true test of a leader is knowing when to step in, and also knowing when to step out.
well said on all points
I think your description misses an important element.
The metaphor I was taught is the "freedom ladder".
If a manager doesn't know a person's capabilities, then the manager needs to monitor activities closely and the managee needs to expect relatively tight reins.
As the managee performs successfully, then the manager cedes greater autonomy to the managee, having good reason to believe that the job will be well done.
The point being that the manager cannot allow the subordinate to fail, except at the simplest, least important level. I've had to explain to subordinates that their performance is MY performance. The credit that the manager gets for what his organization does is of a different sort from the credit that his subordinates earn.
If a manager and his subordinates achieve the results expected, then it's a win-win; the manager wins and the subordinates win. If either party is not successful, then neither is successful.
I've had subordinates act is if my only job was to sign their time cards. This never worked out well.
A CEO wants to build things: Liberals want to tear them down.
It is easy to see the motivations of liberals (democrats) if you just know they want to destroy this country.
They are petulant children. They want to see everyone hurt. They are angry and bitter.
Liberals are the most fascist, hate-filled, mean-spirited, envious, resentful, vicious, close-minded, violent, murdering, amoral, stupid, censoring, horse-punching, book-burning, ignorant, uneducated, unskilled, childish, prejudiced, racist, women-hating, man-hating, perverted, thieving, destructive, American-hating, Christian-hating, muslim-loving, communist, vulgar, dirty, smelly, regressive, restrictive, prohibitive, bed-wetting, cop-killing, and scared little lying thumb-sucking idiots God has ever created.
Nicely stated. I agree.
Great post! Original thoughts coming from a free thinker... Thanks.
Regarding the wall, how high would it need to be? What material?
There is no talk of the details of “the wall” but I think a wall can be climbed with grappling hooks and rope ladders.
What’s to prevent that?
Then of course if there are injuries, the illegals will sue the US!
I’m not arguing against the wall. Just thinking ahead to potential flaws.
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