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> Instead, provide confidence levels, increase confidence by doing the riskiest bits earlier, and give frequent status updates. Right--you're trying to choose
by ericb 4y ago
> Instead, provide confidence levels, increase confidence by doing the riskiest bits earlier, and give frequent status updates.
Right--you're trying to choose the winning move: not to play. That's not really an option.
- blowski 4y agoEffective management - both by the manager and the managed - is about avoiding such zero sum games. Look for the win-win and do your best to deliver it.
- ericb 4y agoThis is fine advice, but the topic is the "manager's handbook" not other, better, management practices, so the advice is off-topic. Did you read the section in question? Advice about avoiding zero sum games isn't relevant to a discussion of a specific zero sum game prescribed by the manual we're discussing.