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wispfoxYou know what I always, always forget? I _hate_ being a team lead for anything. I delegate worth crap, am really bad at estimating how long things will take, and don't do well going between high level and detail work all the damn time.
I've done this to myself before _at this job_, although in a very different way. You'd think I'd learn. (of course, it wasn't originally supposed to _be_ a lead role...)
*sigh*
I've done this to myself before _at this job_, although in a very different way. You'd think I'd learn. (of course, it wasn't originally supposed to _be_ a lead role...)
*sigh*
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Re: D- for reading comprehension
Date: 2007-12-11 08:11 pm (UTC)I have recently done the former (as well as letting my boss(es?) know that - even if I keep forgetting it - I need to _NOT BE A LEAD_). Shall see.
Re: D- for reading comprehension
Date: 2007-12-11 08:27 pm (UTC)Delegating, while at its heart involving getting other people to do work that is your responsibility, doesn't have to be *telling* people what to do. As you note most people are bad at both telling and being told, and it ends up all grumpy and like that. Delegating is about splitting up the work so the company/group as a whole can do the most work the most efficiently with the most happiness. Telling is the last resort; there are tons of other tools for ending up at the split of work that needs to occur. Involving people in the process of splitting stuff up makes them feel like they have a real say in what work they take on, and often they will take on additional work beyond what they would otherwise agree to.
Blah. And here I'm telling you stuff you probably already know, because I desperately want to help. La. And of course I'm only two or three chapters ahead of you in this particular book of life. ;)
Re: D- for reading comprehension
Date: 2007-12-11 08:41 pm (UTC)Yep. Planning. Scheduling. Things I Am Bad At(tm). Especially if I'm having to do a lot of another thing I'm bad at (jumping between detail and overviews).