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IM TRYING TO FILE A CLAIM BUT ITS CONFUSING SO I CLICKED THE BUTTON WHEN SOMEONE IN THE INTERNET TRIES TO HELP YOU BUT I ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE CHAT
UPDATE: I WENT TO THE STORE TO GET MY EARBUDS CAUSE I GOT A WARRANTY ON IT AND THE GUY WAS LIKE UH IF U LOST IT THEN OOF. BUT HE GOT THE MANAGER TO GET ME NEW ONES AND INSTEAD OF GETTING THE KEY TO REMOVE THEM HE DEADASS JUST YANKED IT OFF. yEET
Leadership Guidance
It's interesting as I dig deeper into leadership through studying it, I stumble across something that expands a topic I thought was very limited. Initially, I thought guidance was simply answering questions and directing people towards a state goal, but it is so much more than that. So, here is a bit of what I've discovered.
My understanding of Guidance was expounded through Project Management and Management Review meetings. I had someone ask me, "I'm about to see my manager to do a performance review, what should I expect / talk about?"
I pondered this question, because a manager needs to provide guidance on how their report is performing, and how they can improve if needed, or how they can improve the project they are working on. It should be noted that if you live/work in a dual culture company where you have a manager who manages your work load and performance, while another manages the overall projects you work on, and yet another manager controls the overall product you are working on, this can be quite the frustrating position to be in. Who is your manager?
But, here is what each manager can provide you, and what you can help your manager understand you need ...
Guidance from Managers
Every manager can provide 4 things to you ...
An open forum to manage expectations
A review of the risks and solutions to problems you are facing in your work.
Access to a knowledge base either internal or external to help you answer questions about the work you're doing, the project you're working on, and the product that you are delivering.
And finally, support
When you look at these 4 components in the full definition of leadership .. Guiding Intent with Integrity .. you begin to see how these support the definition.
Having an open forum to manage expectation helps both you, the managers, and the team understand what you can do, when you can do it, and how you are going to do. When this is not conveyed, various parties within the group can become upset that expectations were not met, and may blame you for not being in integrity or having subversive intentions.
Having a forum to review the risks and solutions is also crucial to insuring that expectations are met. This helps the manager know what things are pinch points, will require more time, or could possibly halt a project .. thus delaying a deadline that could cost the company / customer a sale.
Knowledge is the bread and butter of any project. You are the SME for what ever you are working on. This is why you are there, and why you haven't been replaced with someone who can do the work better and faster using current techniques. Your managers trust your judgements on how best to navigate through the various risks and achieve the solution within a timely manner.
And, finally a manager provides support in the form of off loading work you don't have to do to other subordinates. If you are building a rocket that needs 20 engines, the manager could focus you on building the more involved complex parts, while subordinates build the mundane repeatable things .. like rocket engines. How many did you need 32? Or was it 28?
I'm sure there's more to come as I continue to explore this topic. I look forward to sharing it with you as I discover it.
"Come work for us! There's opportunities for advancement!" Advancement? PAH! You don't understand Carol, I crawled my way to the bottom and damn if I ain't staying.
"Come work for us! There's opportunities for advancement!" Advancement? PAH! You don't understand Carol, I crawled my way to the bottom and damn if I ain't staying.