Let's get some brainstorming started on this blog!
"Work" is stimulating experience. Enjoying work, managing work is key to success. Creativity is no doubt important, but its the power of communication that eventually takes people places. Very often we shall find that our biggest challenge at work is not dearth of ideas, but effectively communicating them to a receptive audience, and managing expectations.
So here's a relevant case (loosely-copied from HBS Online) about setting/managing expectations and the importance of communication.
"You are a new manager. You believe that one of your recently-hired junior developers is consistently under-performing. Now he/she is working on a large high-visibility project with great organizational impact. "
Is it time to supervise him (her) more closely? What do you think is the best course of action?
1. Try to identify the root cause of potential problems and alleviate them? "Let's Chat Mode"
2. Would you give him (her) decision-making independence?
3. Would you threaten him (her) with ultimatums for poor performance?
4. Would you diplomatically try to goad good performance out of him (her) through better training?
Employees are an organization's most valuable resource - they are the seat of creative intelligence. How you approach such situations can either make or break careers - wrong techniques can hinder your growth irreversibly.
Looking forward to your feedback guys....and I mean everyone!!! :-)
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I dont know which category my solution fits in.. but this is how I ll approach it:
I ll talk to him and try to understand the problem. If its related to work, or is anything where I can help, I will. But with this help, I ll set some pretty stringent deadlines for him and get him to perform to those deadlines.
btw.. this is like a very typical HR interview question.. any answer seems bullshit, but yet there is no correct answer..!!!
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