I think that I use my perspective and experience well. I give my son and his wife (the most wonderful daughter-in-law in the world) all the advice they request – and no more.<\/p>\n
I also manage projects and systems from time to time. I see the work of people on a project team on average every two to five days. This frequency gives me a good perspective on the growth in the work being accomplished. If I examined the work of team members every day, I might not notice the changes in their work. If I saw their progress once a month, well that just wouldn’t be good. Time gives me a good perspective, and so does my experience working on many projects through the years.<\/p>\n
I think that I use my perspective and experience well. I, er, I give the team advice. How often? Well, if you are a manager, try these questions:<\/p>\n
What do you do?<\/p>\n
How often do you examine the work of the people on your team?<\/p>\n
Do you give all the advice you have?<\/p>\n
Do you only give the advice requested?<\/p>\n
Do you give all the advice requested?<\/p>\n
Do you hold back some knowledge so the team learns to work it out on their own?<\/p>\n
Do you give all the advice you decide they need?<\/p>\n
Are the some other variations on giving advice?<\/p>\n
Is this a stupid comparison?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I have managed some important projects that involved hundreds of millions of dollars and the lives and livelihoods of dozens of people. I have never managed a project that was as important to me as my grandson.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I am doing this thing right.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I didn’t do so well on all those project managing jobs.<\/p>\n
Several things that I do realize on this grandparent endeavor. My son is very<\/em> important to me. My daughter-in-law is very<\/em> important to me. My grandson is very<\/em> important to me. I care a lot about how well on do on this one.<\/p>\nI am approaching other projects in a different manner now than I did in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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