Results & People
Over the past year, in my company I have been leading a team of developers to develop applications. Over the course of the year, I realized that there were two corner stones to being able to successfully leading a team - Results & People.
Without people there can be no results, without results there is no point having people. Though Marx would be indignant, it happens to be true that the abilities of people are calibrated by how worthy his or her results is to the corporate world he works for.
An important role of a leader is to see to it that the right balance is maintained between interests of people and the results achieved by them. There are times when one has to make a compromise between the two.
There are times when people will have to be driven even though that may have to spend 16 hrs a day in office to get results. There are times when individual need to have some time off must be given preference over results. A good manager is one who is able use his judgment to know when to compromise what.
Marx feared that man's dignity would be lost if his worth is judged by the worthiness of the results he shows. He is right in a way, but may be he has forgotten that a part of the essence of what man is lies in his creative abilities so to judge a man's worth in a the context of the corporate world by the worthiness of his creative abilities isn't unfair after all.
In fact it is only fair to demand results and judge by it so that a person who shows more result by hard work and diligence can be rewarded more than the one who is lazy and complacent.
A good manager should be able to keep his team working hard at the same time see to it that his team is enthusiastic and flowing with energy. That way, results are impeachable and people are happy, these are two of the many important corner stones in managing a team.
Without people there can be no results, without results there is no point having people. Though Marx would be indignant, it happens to be true that the abilities of people are calibrated by how worthy his or her results is to the corporate world he works for.
An important role of a leader is to see to it that the right balance is maintained between interests of people and the results achieved by them. There are times when one has to make a compromise between the two.
There are times when people will have to be driven even though that may have to spend 16 hrs a day in office to get results. There are times when individual need to have some time off must be given preference over results. A good manager is one who is able use his judgment to know when to compromise what.
Marx feared that man's dignity would be lost if his worth is judged by the worthiness of the results he shows. He is right in a way, but may be he has forgotten that a part of the essence of what man is lies in his creative abilities so to judge a man's worth in a the context of the corporate world by the worthiness of his creative abilities isn't unfair after all.
In fact it is only fair to demand results and judge by it so that a person who shows more result by hard work and diligence can be rewarded more than the one who is lazy and complacent.
A good manager should be able to keep his team working hard at the same time see to it that his team is enthusiastic and flowing with energy. That way, results are impeachable and people are happy, these are two of the many important corner stones in managing a team.