One thing all of us, managers, struggle is how tight you want to control something. You control tight, it surely leads to frustration. You let loose, chances are someone will goof up. Ofcourse THE best method to lead someone is based on the principles of "Situational Leadership", that says your leadership style should dependent on the task and the person's competence and temperament to do that particular task. However, on a day to day basis we come across numerous events that calls for some type of control, and the temptation is always to control it tight. I use the following to make a decision on what type of control one should use:
Tight Control: Rigor, Quality, Commitments, Customer escalations, Things related to NI core values and culture
Loose Control: Work plan/approach, individual preferences not coming in the way of team effectiveness,
The key idea is to make sure we keep humans as humans. Love to hear your thoughts.
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