Sunday, January 10, 2010

The rules on my wall...

Nobody can be perfectly transparent, but I strive to be as predictable and transparent as possible. I want the people who work for me and around me to understand what I expect of them. To help with this I put a set of rules up on the wall in my office for everyone to see. And if those rules are followed, it's pretty hard to go too wrong.

  • Think
  • No surprises
  • Spend more time fixing in than whining about it
  • Plan to deal with exceptions
  • Do your homework
  • Don't let your problems become my problems

In upcoming posts I'll walk through each of these with some examples.

Oh - and I did leave out another rule: No Weaseling. I really should add it to the wall.

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