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I think one fundamental thing I've learnt about management is that different people need different things. I am like the author, a deadline helps me immensely.
by adrianmsmith 3y ago
I think one fundamental thing I've learnt about management is that different people need different things.
I am like the author, a deadline helps me immensely. Yet at a place I worked at recently, there were very lax deadlines, that's because others felt too stressed by a tight deadline.
A good manager can understand who needs what and can set up the appropriate incentives for each team member.
- nickdandakis 3y agoThis is the best take, IMO. Different strokes for different folks, but frankly managers don't care if a deadline greatly encourages or greatly stresses their ICs. Either way, it's a way to hold people accountable for a deliverable at a certain date, or at the very least an update why it was missed. Not having deadlines requires much more nuance to ensure a team delivers work consistently, and unfortunately nuance in work management doesn't report well
- plutonorm 3y agoIf you are going to do this it's best to advertise that fact in your job ads. You want people who like to operate in that atmosphere in return for something - promotion, perk or vision. Otherwise you just get high churn rate and poor productivity.