Have you ever heard of people having “M” as their blood group? You are right ->MANAGERS….I hope, you can catch, what is M+ve and M-ve mean?. -> Yes, the sword is on “Manager’s Attitude”.
Here is a strange story(not so strange for some people) -> A testing team under a manager(immediate superior) who doesn’t know testing !!!!!!!!!!!!!????...
When I say “manager doesn’t know testing, it's not about millions of testing definitions(or) different testing approaches but the impact of testing which is the key from manager’s perspective.
It is not the question of, who is capable of taking the manager’s role?? But whether the managers are willing to learn or not????? It is very crucial for a manager to align with the team to know his/her team's activities and more importantly the team's impact in the whole picture.
It is not the question of, who is capable of taking the manager’s role?? But whether the managers are willing to learn or not????? It is very crucial for a manager to align with the team to know his/her team's activities and more importantly the team's impact in the whole picture.
How many managers can say, they know in/out of their team’s activities????????—>Many… but hope people will agree with me that, there were some, who doesn’t even bother to know the activities of their own team, they simply think that, managing the metrics will do it for them…
Then what is their role as a manager????? (just to approve leaves and to provide appraisal ratings!!!!!!!- on what basis????)..
These managers who doesn’t know the objective and impact of his/her team’s work will definitely rate their team members depending upon metrics and statistics, sometimes even number of defects irrespective of its severity will fetch you platinum rating... :)
Personally, I feel numbers(ratings) doesn’t matter. but the fact is.. it will have impact of its own.. money -> huge impact, position.... hopefully list will go on and on…
Unless these managers change their attitude, this issue can't be sorted out. Managers should not get stagnated & say “From now on, I will work only with outlook and excel sheets”. Instead they should be willing to learn more, which will in turn make their whole team to learn more….
I'm reminded of a beautiful quote by John Quincy Adams:
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." These italic blue lines were stolen from a cricket column written by akash chopra….:)
Even if you can’t inspire your team, you can just Shift+dlt your trust on micro-management, believe in you and your team, that will do wonders-> this was not stolen, it’s mine.. :)
Team: If your immediate manager has M-ve, pull up yourself and act fast to change his/her attitude if that is not feasible (M's EGO...) at least don’t allow his negative attitude to seed in you.
Then what is their role as a manager????? (just to approve leaves and to provide appraisal ratings!!!!!!!- on what basis????)..
These managers who doesn’t know the objective and impact of his/her team’s work will definitely rate their team members depending upon metrics and statistics, sometimes even number of defects irrespective of its severity will fetch you platinum rating... :)
Personally, I feel numbers(ratings) doesn’t matter. but the fact is.. it will have impact of its own.. money -> huge impact, position.... hopefully list will go on and on…
Unless these managers change their attitude, this issue can't be sorted out. Managers should not get stagnated & say “From now on, I will work only with outlook and excel sheets”. Instead they should be willing to learn more, which will in turn make their whole team to learn more….
I'm reminded of a beautiful quote by John Quincy Adams:
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." These italic blue lines were stolen from a cricket column written by akash chopra….:)
Even if you can’t inspire your team, you can just Shift+dlt your trust on micro-management, believe in you and your team, that will do wonders-> this was not stolen, it’s mine.. :)
Team: If your immediate manager has M-ve, pull up yourself and act fast to change his/her attitude if that is not feasible (M's EGO...) at least don’t allow his negative attitude to seed in you.
Impact for organization: Immediate managers will reflect company’s brand value for their team and If he/she has good attitude then the team will have a great image on company and if he/she is bad then simple, they will update their resume and knock the next door…..:)
P.S : All the above points were not only specific to Managers with M –ve, but also applicable to all who are having negative attitude, But If a manager have this M-ve then, it will definitely affect the entire team. I hope, people with M+ve will never ever care on the above……
Have a great attitude ……… :)
Cheers,
Venkat.
All izz well………
Catch me @ kpvenkatesan84@gmail.com
P.S : All the above points were not only specific to Managers with M –ve, but also applicable to all who are having negative attitude, But If a manager have this M-ve then, it will definitely affect the entire team. I hope, people with M+ve will never ever care on the above……
Have a great attitude ……… :)
Cheers,
Venkat.
All izz well………
Catch me @ kpvenkatesan84@gmail.com
