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I think surely the implied bit is 'enough out of step', and then the whole 'draw the rest of the owl' thing is figuring out where that line is (and what constit
by OJFord 2y ago
I think surely the implied bit is 'enough out of step', and then the whole 'draw the rest of the owl' thing is figuring out where that line is (and what constitutes 'values') and if it's been crossed?
There's so much I would do/have done differently if I had carte blanche, but it's not my startup, and no reason to think I would have done as well nevermind better, it's easy to judge from the position of not being bothered to go out on my own.
I'm certainly not going to be giving any seminars on mental health, but I don't think mine would have benefited from just abandoning anything I didn't completely agree with.
Not to suggest the actual advice you got and the way you mean it was as lacking nuance as that.
- ggm 2y agoThe advice went mainly to the command role. You have a duty of care up and down. If you find you're being asked to make command decisions to underlings, despite having advocated otherwise to above, you have to ask yourself if you're in a good place making others do things you don't believe in.
- OJFord 2y agoAppreciate that's more nuanced then, but still I think I'd argue the ability to do exactly that is a crucial leadership skill. Not least because how have you helped the situation by leaving it anyway?
- ggm 2y agoThese are fair points. And, "leave" shouldn't be the first choice. The point I think was that some level of "against my better judgement" was tolerable but a sustained, ongoing "I do not align with this decision and I feel sick having to implement it" was not good for you as an individual.