You are missing the key to success for any good manager -. the Scotty Principle. Under-promise, over-deliver. In politics especially, perception matters.
As I said before, Obama set himself an impossibly high bar during the campaign, and now that he is having trouble with the bar, it looks bad. He failed to manage expectations. On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Gruss wrote: > > > > If so, you'll know that you generally have 2 types of managers. > > 1.) Those that tell you 1 month's worth of work will take 2 weeks, and > 2.) Those that tell you 1 month's worth of work will take 6 weeks. > > When you ask manager #1, "are you sure your team can move that fast?" > Usually he/she says, "I think so, so I'm going for it. If I don't > make it you can fire me." > > When you ask manager #2, "isn't that a lot of time for the amount of > work?" Usually he/she says, "Well there's a lot of unknowns and blah > blah blah." > > Personally I want all my manager to be of type 1, and I sure ain't > gonna complain if they come in at 3 weeks instead of 2. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
