“Motivation levels vary…it’s up to me to motivate ‘em. The trick is to make ‘em feel that they are not doing redundant stuff.”
“Hire and fire. You cannot live without it but fire only in extreme cases. You would try to fit in a non-performing guy in another team.”
… a conversation I had with a good friend and school buddy who graciously set aside one Sunday morning to talk to me about his new role in managing and motivating his team.
“I’ve been all over the place in my previous role…..been working on the different modules involved…. now i need to stitch ‘em all together. That’s the technical challenge. Also, its my neck on the line now and i need to get things done. I keep hearing only one word now – accountability.”
We need a leader who will stand up for the team, who will put energy and time in grooming them, and who will kick them in the butt when they do something wrong. In the end the success of the team is the leader’s biggest achievement. Instead, when the leader puts his/her own interests and agendas first, the team will fall apart and the project will fail.”