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Basically what you do is to put "fences" around dangerous areas as a manager and don't confront them unless it is "too much" - where too much depends on a situa

by ozim 7y ago

Basically what you do is to put "fences" around dangerous areas as a manager and don't confront them unless it is "too much" - where too much depends on a situation. That was what I observed when working as developer of a factory control system, while testing I was sitting in place where you basically should not sit ... but I was in control of system so I knew what I was doing. No one confronted me about that, next day there was fence preventing access to that place. First thing I thought was "someone could just tell me", but yeah if you can fix thing without confronting and you have loads of other things to do in a day I totally understand someone rather put a fence than confront some guy he does not really know because he is a contractor. I can see it is easier to move people to other projects if they don't get well instead of having discussion to make things clear. But such discussion can take too much time and energy from everyone involved.

userium 7y ago
"Basically what you do is to put "fences" around dangerous areas as a manager and don't confront them unless it is "too much" - where too much depends on a situation." In your example, putting a fence was apparently an efficient way to mitigate the risk. Just like in risk management, you need to establish your risk tolerance and know in advance what type of behavior you are willing to accept. Once you have identified the risk, discover the root cause, and then you can choose whether to avoid, accept, transfer or mitigate the risk. Some risk often remains, and often new risks come as a result of controlling the original risk (https://teamsuccess.io/risk https://teamsuccess.io/risk). For example, firing a liked employee might lead to others leaving too. Lots of companies and teams don't establish a risk tolerance / risk threshold, which leads to managing the situation poorly.

by ozim 7y ago

userium 7y ago

"Basically what you do is to put "fences" around dangerous areas as a manager and don't confront them unless it is "too much" - where too much depends on a situation." In your example, putting a fence was apparently an efficient way to mitigate the risk. Just like in risk management, you need to establish your risk tolerance and know in advance what type of behavior you are willing to accept. Once you have identified the risk, discover the root cause, and then you can choose whether to avoid, accept, transfer or mitigate the risk. Some risk often remains, and often new risks come as a result of controlling the original risk (https://teamsuccess.io/risk https://teamsuccess.io/risk). For example, firing a liked employee might lead to others leaving too. Lots of companies and teams don't establish a risk tolerance / risk threshold, which leads to managing the situation poorly.