Tuesday Take
5/10/2016
"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
- Theodore Roosevelt -
Imagine with me... you're on the playground about to select those classmates who while assembled on your team would be best to help you win that sports game. When you're playing the game, do you yell at them and tell them how to play if they're doing a half-decent job? You are saying yes, no, or that it depends.
Well if you provide constructive feedback during the game or if you micromanage, that's a matter of tone and makes this a difficult quote to translate to a sports game for children.
Imagine you have a team of five people, you've hired them, trained them, and informed them on the task at hand. If you've done these things appropriately, then you should not have to intervene into their work to ensure the objectives are in turn accomplished.
In short, don't micromanage. People will rise to the level of your expectations.
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