Re:Dealing with insubordination
by hashkb on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @09:55AM
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I've been a team lead and never had the "authority" to tell someone exactly how to write their code. I also would consider "convince me" a very appropriate response. If I fail to convince, I don't get what I want. That team member isn't insubordinate in my eyes, they are going places.
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Same here. On my last team, I took it as a point of pride that the developers had no hesitation to protest my suggestions for implementation and even flat out override them. We were also the only group in the larger team who met our objectives on time without working long hours. I don't see those as unrelated.
It's a good thing when your developers come up with better solutions than you, and even better when they aren't afraid to choose them over yours.
When the manager is the most well-informed person on the team about implementation, that's when you should worry.