Comments on: Don’t interrupt me http://blog.7deeds.com/2009/01/15/dont-interrupt-me/ Petros Amiridis - A humble programmer's seven noteworthy actions for the community Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:52:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Petros http://blog.7deeds.com/2009/01/15/dont-interrupt-me/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Petros Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:03:31 +0000 http://blog.7deeds.com/?p=101#comment-890 Angelos: I agree with the quoted post in most places. I just try to kill as many meetings as possible, and I am doing this because I believe (maybe wrong but time will tell) that it is for the upper management's best interest if me and my team is productive. Angelos: I agree with the quoted post in most places. I just try to kill as many meetings as possible, and I am doing this because I believe (maybe wrong but time will tell) that it is for the upper management’s best interest if me and my team is productive.

]]> By: Angelos Arampatzis http://blog.7deeds.com/2009/01/15/dont-interrupt-me/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Angelos Arampatzis Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:43:58 +0000 http://blog.7deeds.com/?p=101#comment-886 You are a communication hub. One of your primary jobs as a manager is to be a communication hub not only for all of those working for you, but for everyone who needs something from you. This means you are going to spend an inordinate amount of time sitting in random conference rooms and listening. Hard. Who are they? What do they need? Do I understand what they are saying? Should I say no now or let this fester? Confusingly, as a manager, you often get credit just by showing up, sitting there, and nodding. As a career management strategy, the “nodding fly-on-the-wall” approach isn’t proactive or helpful. But there are critical times when all that is being asked of you is that you are the receiver of the rant. Simply by listening, by letting an idea be heard, you are helping. However, you need to do more than listen. Whatever is being said in this meeting isn’t just for you; parts of it are for your team, which means you need amazing skills of… From here: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/01/25/a_disclosure.html You are a communication hub.

One of your primary jobs as a manager is to be a communication hub not only for all of those working for you, but for everyone who needs something from you. This means you are going to spend an inordinate amount of time sitting in random conference rooms and listening. Hard. Who are they? What do they need? Do I understand what they are saying? Should I say no now or let this fester?

Confusingly, as a manager, you often get credit just by showing up, sitting there, and nodding. As a career management strategy, the “nodding fly-on-the-wall” approach isn’t proactive or helpful. But there are critical times when all that is being asked of you is that you are the receiver of the rant. Simply by listening, by letting an idea be heard, you are helping.

However, you need to do more than listen. Whatever is being said in this meeting isn’t just for you; parts of it are for your team, which means you need amazing skills of…

From here: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/01/25/a_disclosure.html

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