Comments on: Not here to make friends

By: Yudhistira

Yudhistira — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:00:29 +0000

As a manager you should be a good friend for your user. so they not afraid to tell you if something wrong. so the communication will be flow between you and them.

But yes, if its goes to something related with company decision and drawing standard there is no tolerance for that. But still they are my friend. if they do something wrong, i will tell them what should they do to correcting the mistake. and also warn them before they do mistake.

By: slacker

slacker — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:53:09 +0000

Great points.
One of the biggest pitfalls I have seen is trying to solve difficult issues via email, resulting in misunderstood intentions much of the time. No matter how great your writing skills may be, “tone” is just not communicated well in the written word when directed at a personal level.

No one loves conflict, but you will always have better results if you can deal with that person face to face (or by phone if you don’t have that option).

By: CadMasterAdam

CadMasterAdam — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:08:31 +0000

Well written.

I’ve stepped in as CAD manager for this company about 6 months ago. There standards are relatively well put together, but all over the place.

getting everyone on the same page is a chore.

Thanks for the reiteration!