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I think a shorter article would be "look for a new job." If your team quits then you've failed as a manager. Treat it as a learning moment but maybe don't put

I think a shorter article would be "look for a new job." If your team quits then you've failed as a manager. Treat it as a learning moment but maybe don't put good effort after bad.

sumanthvepa 5y ago
You're assuming that you are an employee. If you are a founder, and especially if you've taken money, going back to your investors stating that you quit just because your team quit is likely to ensure you never get funded again.
- henriquez 5y ago
  If you're a founder and your team quits then you might consider a job at USPS. It seems they're always hiring.
mojomark 5y ago
> If your team quits then you've failed as a manager. While it's certainly possible the manager is poor, this isn't necessarily true. I'm 43, and have overseen about 10 teams of various sizes in my career - generally 1-3 years each. Sometimes you have good teams, some times you have rockstar teams, and other times you have duds. It's the luck of the draw, and as a manager, sometimes you can hold a lackluster team together with bubble gum and shoe string, but in the end I've found it's far better for everyone to identify and force out the bad if they don't go of their own volition if at all possible (I've been in contractual/political situations where it was not possible - and that happens, and it is painful). When a majority of your team quits, if you can honestly say it wasn't you (perhaps based on prior counter examples), then thank them for making your job easier.
- zwaps 5y ago
  Maybe you are poor fit for the team, and your dud team would be full of Rockstars with a different manager? It would worry me if one of my managers thinks that since they have led many teams, some successfully, that any negative outcome must mean that the team was bad. Such opinions are probably the reason many good people leave.

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I think a shorter article would be "look for a new job." If your team quits then you've failed as a manager. Treat it as a learning moment but maybe don't put

by henriquez 5y ago

I think a shorter article would be "look for a new job." If your team quits then you've failed as a manager. Treat it as a learning moment but maybe don't put good effort after bad.

sumanthvepa 5y ago
You're assuming that you are an employee. If you are a founder, and especially if you've taken money, going back to your investors stating that you quit just because your team quit is likely to ensure you never get funded again.
- henriquez 5y ago
  If you're a founder and your team quits then you might consider a job at USPS. It seems they're always hiring.
mojomark 5y ago
> If your team quits then you've failed as a manager. While it's certainly possible the manager is poor, this isn't necessarily true. I'm 43, and have overseen about 10 teams of various sizes in my career - generally 1-3 years each. Sometimes you have good teams, some times you have rockstar teams, and other times you have duds. It's the luck of the draw, and as a manager, sometimes you can hold a lackluster team together with bubble gum and shoe string, but in the end I've found it's far better for everyone to identify and force out the bad if they don't go of their own volition if at all possible (I've been in contractual/political situations where it was not possible - and that happens, and it is painful). When a majority of your team quits, if you can honestly say it wasn't you (perhaps based on prior counter examples), then thank them for making your job easier.
- zwaps 5y ago
  Maybe you are poor fit for the team, and your dud team would be full of Rockstars with a different manager? It would worry me if one of my managers thinks that since they have led many teams, some successfully, that any negative outcome must mean that the team was bad. Such opinions are probably the reason many good people leave.