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I disagree. Team leads are chosen for a reason and when they clearly ask for a task, it needs to be done without the wasted effort of having to convince them.
by watty 9y ago
I disagree. Team leads are chosen for a reason and when they clearly ask for a task, it needs to be done without the wasted effort of having to convince them.
> If it's so easy, why didn't the lead just do it himself instead of making a problem out of it?
It's called delegation. If there are 15 easy tasks, a team lead can delegate them out using his or her judgement and have them completed quicker than doing it themselves. If each of those easy tasks has to go through a "convincing phase" it's no longer worth it.
- latch 9y agoA lead that squanders an opportunity to mentor isn't much of a lead.
- watty 9y agoI didn't say that one shouldn't mentor or receive feedback. I actually think if you disagree with the team lead you should let them know and then let them make the decision. If they hear your opinion and still go a different way, that's fine - roll with it. It shouldn't require every individual on the team to be convinced, that's a massive waste of time.
- Scarblac 9y agoBut delegation involves handing over some subset of your responsibility to someone and trusting them to do it. That includes letting them decide what the best way to get it done is. Once you're telling people what to do in terms of single lines of code, that's not delegation anymore, there is no trust.
- scott_s 9y agoConvincing a colleague of why a particular direction is a good thing to do is never a waste of time.
- ndh2 9y agoTelling others what to do is not delegation. Delegation means to give others the freedom to make their own decisions.