Yes, it irks the good team that there are new "deadlines" being set as if they can't meet the deadlines assigned to them. It is really lowering the team moral w

Yes, it irks the good team that there are new "deadlines" being set as if they can't meet the deadlines assigned to them. It is really lowering the team moral when done and should never be done. I was lucky to have an amazing manager for that one doomed project, we were 4-5 months behind timeline yet he said, "I am not going to micromanage you, I trust you that you'll deliver this on time" (he had been assigned halfway into the project), the project had escalated to one level lower than the CEO and the result? The team delivered! Because the team wasn't micro managed!