> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Grace >
There are two major characteristics required of good management. (1) Knowing enough subject matter to generally make good decisions for direction. (nobody's perfect). Acknowledge that often times those working for you will know more detail about something specific, and you do what you can to absorb from them, even if you will not achieve the same level of subject matter expertise as them, you must know enough to architect and guide solutions properly, most of the time. And (2) Knowing your resources and limitations, SPECIFICALLY knowing the motivations of your employees and coworkers and external people that you have to interact with. So that you may successfully navigate and negotiate the desired outcomes with all those moving (and often unpredictable) parts. Try not to get caught off guard when an ambitious person leaves your job for a better place. Try to put opportunity in front of those who seek it. Try to provide job stability for those who just want a comfortab le job. And so on. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
