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Can I put maybe a less nefarious take on this? There's a lot to be said for promoting / supporting those members of a team who are well-aligned with the mission
by poulsbohemian 4y ago
Can I put maybe a less nefarious take on this? There's a lot to be said for promoting / supporting those members of a team who are well-aligned with the mission and approach. Make it really clear that John / Jane are doing the things that we believe will get us to our goals -- praise them in public, for example. To my thinking, it actually helps make clear the rules of the game, IE: these are the behaviors / actions / speech as a leader that I want to see demonstrated within my team. It doesn't have to just be about ambition or "favoritism" per se.
- neon_electro 4y agoDo you see a way to encourage this from "management" when they aren't already doing it, or do you see that as a "red flag" to get out?
- poulsbohemian 4y agoI think it depends on a lot of factors... for example, I've been on teams where it's clear that the direction of the team and its manager were different from my career goals or needs - so time to go. I've been on teams in which it did veer toward unbridled favoritism, and then it was also time to get out. On the other hand, I've certainly seen plenty of situations in which it is simply a good leader / manager trying to get everyone pointed in the right direction by using the actions / words of the team as reinforcement for what they want to see more. It's almost Pavlovian in that regard, Ie: the manager tells you what make's their bell ring / give him or her their cookie, etc.
- skibidibipiti 4y ago[dead]