Re:The days are long but the decades are short
by mathattack on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @06:21PM
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This assumes that the managers know the details of the employee's jobs too. This gets less true when you become a general manager. But there's a big difference between "I'm managing your time" and "I'm managing your result" which the General Manager is on the hook for.
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Re:The days are long but the decades are short
by taurath on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @07:53PM
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If you don't know the details of your employees jobs, you know their skillset and their ability to deliver results even if you don't know the techniques they use. If you're even slightly clever about communication styles it can work fine, although it does mean that motivation must be treated as a thing that should rarely waver. The more mature and skilled the person is and the more trust you have the less likely it is to cause issues.