Comments on: Getting off the fire truck.

By: willo

willo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:41:52 +0000

Dan, your new revamped site looks awesome!

By: Daniel Markovitz

Daniel Markovitz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:45:21 +0000

Timesheet Tracker:

You’re right: there must be a balance between regularly checking on the small stuff, and only attending to the major issues. Finding that sweet spot isn’t easy, and I’d be loathe to provide some sort of pat answer. But I do know that *most* managers err — significantly — in the other direction, so that their days are filled with nothing but minutiae.

Perhaps the key is to develop the problem solving capacity of the entire company, so that there are fewer fires to put out?

By: Timesheet Tracker

Timesheet Tracker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:04:02 +0000

I agree with most of what you have to say…however if managers do not resolve the issues that come up on a daily basis, how can they ensure the smooth running of the business.. Isn’t it necessary that you keep check on the small stuff, before it snowballs into something big?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:31:52 +0000

Pierre,

Thanks for the feedback. Glad to know I’m not the only one shouting into the wilderness!

By: Pierre Khawand

Pierre Khawand — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:31:05 +0000

Great to read your insights Dan. This topic resonates really well with what I have been evangelizing. I recently wrote about how managers interrupt their staff and prevents them from delivering the very results they asked them to deliver. Let me know if you want more info.