Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Good Work, Maureen
This is what I had in mind.
Yes, many people will have sufficent skill sets to do any job, but the time has come to specialize.
The hard part for the coordinator's will be motivating everyone and keeping the project on schedule.
The four of you were chosen because you need a good shot at "running" a team, not just "blending" requests together. You might have dissapointed people on your team, to greater or lesser degrees, and that's a big part of being a manager. The trick is to create a "corporate culture" where individual contribution is more important and valued higher than individual achievement.
Should there be discussion about task allocation, you might present your observations to people, "you show a strong interest in XYZ, did I read that wrong?"
Beware the temptation to start cutting deals, though! If you (all coordinators) start to blend jobs together to "keep people happy" things will start to bog down. Whenever two people have an opportunity to nominate the other for missing a deadline, they seem to use it, nicely or not. This project is a series of short-duration projects, hit 'em and quit 'em!
Yes, many people will have sufficent skill sets to do any job, but the time has come to specialize.
The hard part for the coordinator's will be motivating everyone and keeping the project on schedule.
The four of you were chosen because you need a good shot at "running" a team, not just "blending" requests together. You might have dissapointed people on your team, to greater or lesser degrees, and that's a big part of being a manager. The trick is to create a "corporate culture" where individual contribution is more important and valued higher than individual achievement.
Should there be discussion about task allocation, you might present your observations to people, "you show a strong interest in XYZ, did I read that wrong?"
Beware the temptation to start cutting deals, though! If you (all coordinators) start to blend jobs together to "keep people happy" things will start to bog down. Whenever two people have an opportunity to nominate the other for missing a deadline, they seem to use it, nicely or not. This project is a series of short-duration projects, hit 'em and quit 'em!
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