Comments on: Tough Times Forge Great Teams http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html Dealing with software projects in real life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lech http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2014 Lech Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:42:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2014 Sure. I was too young and my ego - too big.<br/><br/>Darned recruitment questions. Ah, you've been doing too much of that! *wink* But hey, I'd be asking that one too.<br/><br/>(General "greatness" seems rather fuzzy a term to me. There are various shades of grey. <br/>BTW, you gave me an idea for a new entry. Thanks a bunch!) Sure. I was too young and my ego – too big.

Darned recruitment questions. Ah, you’ve been doing too much of that! *wink* But hey, I’d be asking that one too.

(General “greatness” seems rather fuzzy a term to me. There are various shades of grey.
BTW, you gave me an idea for a new entry. Thanks a bunch!)

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2013 Pawel Brodzinski Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:40:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2013 I didn't know any manager who I was sure exploited those kind of method on consciously. I know a lot of situation when they were used because managers were poor at their work.<br/><br/>Example you bring is a very interesting one. Bringing a toxic person to strenghen the team. Well, that was a risky move.<br/><br/>By the way, if you can tell, why did you leave? I didn’t know any manager who I was sure exploited those kind of method on consciously. I know a lot of situation when they were used because managers were poor at their work.

Example you bring is a very interesting one. Bringing a toxic person to strenghen the team. Well, that was a risky move.

By the way, if you can tell, why did you leave?

]]> By: Lech http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2012 Lech Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:04:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2012 True. I don't think stirring up conflicts or faking a "burning platform" is the way to go.<br/>The observation seems convincing to me though. When I look back on the great teams I knew in the past, there was this sense of togetherness [inside] vs. uncertain times outside. Or people, for that matter. Forgive me the banality, but... members of such teams behaved like crews sailing on lonely boats through waters of change.<br/><br/>I do recall a president of an SME I used to work for who built his company on that concept. He even hired VPs who were prone to cause conflicts or were generally disliked by others. Back then, I didn't understand why a [seemingly] good leader made such HR decisions. I wasn't the only one having doubts.<br/><br/>It worked though. This was a great company. True. I don’t think stirring up conflicts or faking a “burning platform” is the way to go.
The observation seems convincing to me though. When I look back on the great teams I knew in the past, there was this sense of togetherness [inside] vs. uncertain times outside. Or people, for that matter. Forgive me the banality, but… members of such teams behaved like crews sailing on lonely boats through waters of change.

I do recall a president of an SME I used to work for who built his company on that concept. He even hired VPs who were prone to cause conflicts or were generally disliked by others. Back then, I didn’t understand why a [seemingly] good leader made such HR decisions. I wasn’t the only one having doubts.

It worked though. This was a great company.

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2011 Pawel Brodzinski Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:38:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2011 I wouldn't go for management by conflicts methods. It was rather an observation than advise how to make teams great. In other words: don't try that at home. I wouldn’t go for management by conflicts methods. It was rather an observation than advise how to make teams great. In other words: don’t try that at home.

]]> By: Lech http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2010 Lech Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:19:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2008/08/tough-times-forge-great-teams.html#comment-2010 A sense of crisis 'to bind them all?' A 'burning platform?' Management by conflicts? A bit of everything probably. Sounds real to me. <br/><br/>Thanks for sharing. Thanks for the insight! A sense of crisis ‘to bind them all?’ A ‘burning platform?’ Management by conflicts? A bit of everything probably. Sounds real to me.

Thanks for sharing. Thanks for the insight!

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