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The marketing speak is tragically hilarious. > Having a clearly defined prioritization process can help ensure all your team members understand how decisions a
by ThePadawan 6y ago
The marketing speak is tragically hilarious.
> Having a clearly defined prioritization process can help ensure all your team members understand how decisions are made and give them the confidence to actively participate.
"The boss said we have to do X" is a clearly defined prioritization process. Now go tell your team members that's how decisions are made (note the passive voice) and tell them to get on it already ("give them the confidence to actively participate").
- nine_k 6y agoThat's the definition of the previous animal in the list: the boss says so, others don't need to bother themselves discussing. This is a valid way to make decisions, but it does away with any upsides of discussing things or basing decisions on data. Another problem is when a team of the "big guys" actually discusses stuff, and someone co-opted into the discussion does not feel like adding a word, "nobody will listen anyway". That person could be e.g. a subject matter expert and potentially offer valuable, decision-changing input, if made to participate. It takes a conscious effort to make such people feel welcome and share their opinion — which was the very reason to invite them to a meeting.
- ochronus 6y agoThank you for the feedback! I agree, I failed to elaborate on this, this is definitely not what I meant. Now I extended that section a bit and added that having "The boss said we have to do X" is exactly what leads to having a team of disillusioned RHINOs.