Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Whining at the beach

Can you imagine landing on the beach in your battle fatigues, the war going on in full force all around you, yet here you are, unable to protect yourself or perform your duty because the chain of command haven't given you the green light to think for yourself. You make a decision, you take the shot. Your aim is true... the end result is an unexpected casualty, you!

This my friends is a scenario that repeats itself by managers who cannot make quality decisions in time. It is a scenario that rewards the incompetent and frustrates the competent among us. It is likely a curse of some sort, a reward for being a passionate project manager working for a company with a strict organizational hierarchy vs projectized design.

My advice should you find yourself in this predicament; accept that it is what it is, yet do not think that your skill and knowledge is not valuable. Just find a way to keep promoting efficiencies in process while still keeping those decision makers with their finger on the button.

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