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I agree that it's a flawed comparison but it does touch on a very real issue in the workplace. The difference between employees who I can send away on a problem
by zipy124 5mo ago
I agree that it's a flawed comparison but it does touch on a very real issue in the workplace. The difference between employees who I can send away on a problem and they'll encounter issues and try to solve them, vs those who come back to the senior at any problem, presents a serious ceiling on the level those employees can work at.
- lazyasciiart 5mo agoPerhaps the example should be a homework assignment, not an exam.
- lukan 5mo agoEven then I would call it bad teaching, as the usual mode is: New stuff gets explained in class by the teacher - the details are for self study. This is how it was communicated to me in school, so I would call it part of the "contract". But giving a homework on a fundamental new subject without explicitely telling that this is what it is about, will rightfully confuse, as the normal mode is different. And when it happened to me, it always happened because the teacher messed up and got confused themself what they had and have not teached before. Teaching to self study is a valuable skill in itself that should not be taught by accident, but with a clear pedagogic concept.
- kaashif 5mo agoAs a leader, I can just tell people literally that: if you can't go away and work independently on a problem, it puts a ceiling on how well you're going to do. Then I ask people what they've tried before asking me. Just being upfront with people can break low performance patterns of behavior.