On Aug 3, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > To be fair, an overly aggressive tone can do just as much poisoning as a > defensive one. I think it is also worth bearing in mind that a lot of people > here are not native English speakers and so it is easy to read things into > posts that were either not intended or were a subset of the entire situation > simply because it just takes too long to type reams in a foreign language > explaining every aspect of everything. Apart from the language issue, what > is considered bad form varies with culture so we should be wary of brute > logic from our own perspective as a tool for progress. We have to work > together and respect other people's position especially when most are doing > this for love rather than for money. It's not like in a company where you > can sack and replace people. We have lost good people in the past because > that wasn't understood and it's easier to keep people and their knowledge > resource than replace and retrain them.
+1 - In my 10 years of managing a small group of Russian developers I discovered that the more I wrote the less was comprehended. We do best when I point and wait for the answer including the likelihood that my direction was not the best or only answer. I think we all need to use our listening skills and tone down the compulsion to have all the answers immediately available. Regards, Dave
