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It's very hard to respect people while trying to get them to work when they aren't working as hard as you are and aren't as capable. It gets a lot easier when
by windsurfer 17y ago
It's very hard to respect people while trying to get them to work when they aren't working as hard as you are and aren't as capable.
It gets a lot easier when your team mates are at least working as hard as you are, or if they're on the same page knowledge- or skill-wise.
- diN0bot 17y agohmm. this single-minded expectation makes sense if all of you sat down early in the project and agreed to share this perspective. let's suppose you also level-headedly discussed how to handle deviations from this expectation, but somewhere in the implementation things went awry and now you feel like your trust in humanity is gone. it would also make sense if you have a broad definition of what it means to "work hard" and "be capable", and, again, your sense of trust has been substantially undermined. otherwise, it sounds like you only respect people exactly like you. i don't think that makes for a strong team.
- yairharel 17y agoThis is the exact opposite of Respect. If you only respect people who are like you, you respect no one. We are all different and have different circumstances. You can't accurately measure team member's output at any given moment, as it fluctuates and depends on so many factors. Respecting someone means (in the agile context) trusting their good intentions and willingness to do everything they can for the success of the team/business. And guess what, it's not hard at all. Oh, and it's contagious too.
- windsurfer 17y agoWhat do you do when they aren't willing to do a lot, and don't have great intentions, but rather the intent to just slip by with "good enough"?