Comments on: Motivation – Part 1: Being Available

By: ambour001

ambour001 — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:49:09 +0000

My man is a manager at KPMG, and I made him read this before he left this morning. He loved it. He didn’t want to leave without reading it so I read it aloud while he got ready. Finish the rest for us!

By: Anders

Anders — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:46:14 +0000

Have to agree a bit with Sergiu here. You do sound a bit old school and I’m not sure I’d really be comfortable with the kind of management you describe.

By: SergiuTruta

SergiuTruta — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:16:32 +0000

There are managers who go by their team members desks very often and I don’t recommend this for several reasons: first, many interruptions affect the productivity; second, team members might feel uncomfortable if they are asked on an hourly basis about their progress; so I’d say that the communication between the managers and the team members is ok as long as it doesn’t become too aggressive.

Check my article about how should managers create the right environment inside a company, here.

Also, I don’t agree that people in a team (at 1) above) should be treated differently according to their performance. This will break the team. Instead, a manager has to make sure that the team is well glued. In rest, you’ve mentioned some good points here. I’m curious about your coming parts on motivation .

By: SergiuTruta

SergiuTruta — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:15:56 +0000

There are managers who go by their team members desks very often and I don’t recommend this for several reasons: first, many interruptions affect the productivity; second, team members might feel inconfortable if they are asked on an hourly basis about their progress; so I’d say that the communication between the managers and the team members is ok as long as it doesn’t become too agressive.

Check my article about how should managers create the right environment inside a company, here.

Also, I don’t agree that people in a team (at 1) above) shold be treated differently according to their performance. This will break the team. Instead, a manager has to make sure that the team is well glued. In rest, you’ve mentioned some good points here. I’m courious about your coming parts on motivation .

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:22:27 +0000

Good points. The title ‘Being Available’ reminded me of something else. Lots of people, especially developers, are in the biz because of flow, They want (even need) long blocks of undisturbed time. Once a person has team responsibility, one really needs to truthfully be available more or less on demand. There’s a tendency towards not listening, brushing off, getting back to what you were doing, etc, that just naturally occurs when flow is broken. However, it’s very de-motivating when someone with that kind of responsibility can’t take time just to hear you out.