This document contains advice and thoughts on leadership and management. It cautions leaders to listen to honest feedback from their employees, avoid micromanaging, and support their employees by providing needed resources. It emphasizes communicating openly, avoiding intimidation tactics, and focusing on solving problems rather than blaming.
7. • Workaholism rolls down hill...
Slow down and go the fuck home.
Till you do, they won't.
8. • The beatings will continue until
moral improves…
Come on, you know this ain't true...
your people need to know that they
have your support.
When people tell you they need
help, trust them.
9. • Do you want me to solve the problem
or communicate with you about all
these things: how we think we might
approach solving the problem, how
people will react if we don't solve
the problem, finding alternatives to
the problem, creating alternative
solutions out of thin air at a
moments notice?
10. • Communication is a two way street.
If you ask for updates, be available
to take them and discuss them.
24. – I'll tell the emperor that he/she is buck
naked.
25. • If you don't have a better idea or
solution to the problem,
don't second guess mine.
26. • Telling your people that "this is
very serious", "I have some serious
concerns", that "this problem has
been elevated to the upper echelons"
does no good in the long term. It
may get your battle won, but you are
losing your soldiers and your
war. You can only go to that well a
few times before you are shot by
friendly fire.
27. • Till you can reliably measure
work, in a way the the measurement
doesn't get in the way of the actual
work, any project will take at least
3 times as long as you think it will
and cost at a minimum 1.5 times as
much as you think it will.
28. • C-level executives observing a
problem creates more problems.
If you don't understand the problem
or don't have a solution,
get out of sight and out of the way.
29. • Tell your people that you support
them and that you'll get them
anything they need to get the job
done.