Re:21 Months In: How to Manage a Remote Team
by winter_blue on Friday June 28, 2013 @05:03AM
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> the best way to manage a team is, in my opinion, is to not manage them.
This is one-view of management. It's called the "hands-off" manager. He trust him team to get the work done, and operates in a sort-of hands-off way.
For the longest time, I felt like this was the right way to manage teams at technology companies, but recently I read a piece that argued that the middle ground -- ie. somewhere between being hands-off and micromanaging (the other extreme), was ideal.
Now I'm not so sure myself if this is right, but it's cast a bit of doubt to my long-held notion that off-hands was the best way to go.
This is one-view of management. It's called the "hands-off" manager. He trust him team to get the work done, and operates in a sort-of hands-off way.
For the longest time, I felt like this was the right way to manage teams at technology companies, but recently I read a piece that argued that the middle ground -- ie. somewhere between being hands-off and micromanaging (the other extreme), was ideal.
Now I'm not so sure myself if this is right, but it's cast a bit of doubt to my long-held notion that off-hands was the best way to go.