Re:Ask HN: Non-Sexist Behaviour Guidelines?
by JohnBooty on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @05:13AM
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> If there's a problem employee, deal with that employee. Don't send blanket emails to everyone.
It's a delicate thing for sure. Certainly not everything can be handled this way. And I am sure that you and I would agree: if the net effect is that the entire team feels that it's being blamed or lectured then it is a failure.
However: it doesn't have to be that way at all.
Depending on the severity of what's going on, it's possible to nudge a team towards better behavior without blaming anybody. Secondly, negative feedback has to be a part of an overall message in which team members are also given positive feedback on what they are doing right.
It sounds like at your job, you guys just get a bunch of blame thrown at the whole team and I'm guessing it's not balanced out by positive feedback on the stuff you do right.
However: it doesn't have to be that way at all.
Depending on the severity of what's going on, it's possible to nudge a team towards better behavior without blaming anybody. Secondly, negative feedback has to be a part of an overall message in which team members are also given positive feedback on what they are doing right.
It sounds like at your job, you guys just get a bunch of blame thrown at the whole team and I'm guessing it's not balanced out by positive feedback on the stuff you do right.