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Where has this pervasive notion come from that being a team player means being an ass-kissing yes man? IMHO, sometimes being a true team player means having th
by theBobMcCormick 17y ago
Where has this pervasive notion come from that being a team player means being an ass-kissing yes man?
IMHO, sometimes being a true team player means having the guts to tell management that they're KILLING THE TEAM!
- hga 17y agoHave you ever heard a manager say something to the effect of "you're not a team play" to mean anything other than essentially "you're not a spineless pushover"? I haven't, although I have indeed experienced examples of "teamcide" (to use the DeMarco and Lister term) as well as just plain killing the company by insisting that their engineering management be yes men. Sooner or later they're reminded that you can't fool mother nature, reality cares not a whit for bluster and ego.