{"id":2538,"date":"2011-08-11T07:13:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2012-11-08T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T23:53:17","slug":"fairness-principles-of-cad-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2011\/08\/fairness-principles-of-cad-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairness &#8211; Principles of CAD Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/series\/principles-of-cad-management\/\" class=\"series-75\" title=\"Principles of CAD Management\">Principles of CAD Management<\/a><\/div><p>Fayol calls it Equity.\u00a0 I call it treating people right.<\/p>\n<p>His concept is not to just give people what they deserve, which is justice, but to give them what would be considered kindness.\u00a0 This is being gracious in place of demanding.\u00a0 Understanding in place of legalistic requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Treating people and specifically those that work with you and for you with the utmost kindness and gentleness will go farther than strictness and no compassion.\u00a0 It does not mean that you have no rules or deadlines or consequences for actions.\u00a0 It means that you do have these things sprinkled with understanding, flexibility (at times) and a listening ear.<\/p>\n<p>How this works out in the workplace is that you treat all people with fairness and kindness.\u00a0 This is not saying that you are a cowering leader or a watered down manager.\u00a0 On the contrary, you need to be strong and dynamic in your focus on getting things done. But not at the expense of relationships.\u00a0 You need to balance your project focus and your people focus.<\/p>\n<p>Getting things done and leaving a trail of disgruntled employees in your wake will make the next project even tougher to complete.\u00a0 Getting things done on time by driving people too hard will make them reticent to work with you in the future. Not too soft and not too hard.\u00a0 Kind of like the three bears beds.\u00a0 If you are too soft with people, things won&#8217;t get done.\u00a0 If you are too hard, people won&#8217;t want to work with you.\u00a0 It is a delicate dance at times.<\/p>\n<p>Being fair with people and treating them with equity and equality means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You tell them what is expected up front.\u00a0 Deadlines are defined.\u00a0 Requirements are in place. When they join the team or effort,they know what is expected.<\/li>\n<li>You should expect them to achieve what they said they would.\u00a0 You may even define up front what might happen if they do not deliver.\u00a0 You may want to let them know the consequences of failure to deliver.<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t change the rules without their agreement. Don&#8217;t change the process, deadlines, requirements or anything else unless they know about it and agree to continue.\u00a0 Let them leave the team if things change on them.\u00a0 Sometimes the deadlines change and it is not your fault.\u00a0 Others define requirements and change them and you need to let the team know.\u00a0 Give them a gracious way out.<\/li>\n<li>You listen to the reasons people give for missing deadlines or under-delivering and then (like a judge) define what would be fair going forward. Yell at them?\u00a0 Give them some slack? Take them off the team? Adjust your expectations?<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t play favorites.\u00a0 Give the good task and tough tasks to everyone.\u00a0 Do not give the new, fun stuff to your buddies and the harder tasks to others.<\/li>\n<li>You are disciplined in your application of fairness.<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t expect too much from people who may not be able to deliver.<\/li>\n<li>You set the bar so that it is higher than where people may be, but it is attainable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/series\/principles-of-cad-management\/\" class=\"series-75\" title=\"Principles of CAD Management\">Principles of CAD Management<\/a><\/div><p>Fayol calls it Equity.\u00a0 I call it treating people right. His concept is not to just give people what they deserve, which is justice, but to give them what would be considered kindness.\u00a0 This is being gracious in place of demanding.\u00a0 Understanding in place of legalistic requirements. 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