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I think the author is primarily correct, but what if they know they don't have the right people? What if the best way right now is to reel them in and keep a c
by tenpoundhammer 14y ago
I think the author is primarily correct, but what if they know they don't have the right people? What if the best way right now is to reel them in and keep a close eye on them until they can re-staff? You can't re-staff a company over night, it takes years.
- mijustin 14y agoYup, I think you just touched on (what could be) the main issue for Yahoo. If they don't have any of the right people, they're in real trouble. Can an amazing coach with a mediocre team produce a championship? I don't think it's possible to lead a mediocre team to produce great products.
- Avenger42 14y agoI think the other part of what he's saying is that if they don't already know whether they have "the right people", it's because they've got mediocre management that has allowed them to skate by without setting concrete goals and building a culture of achievement. I get that metrics don't always work well, and they may be harder to enforce for people you don't see day-in and day-out, but there's nothing stopping them from setting a goal of "complete work on X by day Y", and hold people to that, regardless of whether they're in the office or at home.
- mijustin 14y agoYes: figuring out if people are productive is hard whether they're at the office or not. I'd love to see more discussion on this: what are good ways for managers to know if their team is being productive?