Comments on: Coaching: Attacking Despair (Part 1) http://anarchycreek.com/2009/10/15/coaching-attacking-despair-part-one/ Towards a Way of Excellence Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:38:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Patrick Wilson-Welsh http://anarchycreek.com/2009/10/15/coaching-attacking-despair-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Patrick Wilson-Welsh Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:49:21 +0000 http://anarchycreek.com/?p=835#comment-408 As usual, brilliant insights and experiences, brilliantly articulated, with humor and compassion. Time for some sort of iPhone multi-player game for this here team, apparently. ;) As usual, brilliant insights and experiences, brilliantly articulated, with humor and compassion. Time for some sort of iPhone multi-player game for this here team, apparently. ;)

]]> By: Jon Kern http://anarchycreek.com/2009/10/15/coaching-attacking-despair-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Jon Kern Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:29:02 +0000 http://anarchycreek.com/?p=835#comment-382 Last year, I was involved with a project when the VP demanded some crazy extra time be put in by the team to get an interim release out the door to meet what was largely an arbitrary date. I rallied the team, we made the date. I told the VP that he was shooting his last bullet here, to not expect the team to respond like this as a matter of routine. Otherwise, I explained, you would burn them out. Turned out the date was indeed rather arbitrary and not as critical as he had anticipated -- and as we all more or less knew. It never happened again. Last year, I was involved with a project when the VP demanded some crazy extra time be put in by the team to get an interim release out the door to meet what was largely an arbitrary date.

I rallied the team, we made the date. I told the VP that he was shooting his last bullet here, to not expect the team to respond like this as a matter of routine. Otherwise, I explained, you would burn them out.

Turned out the date was indeed rather arbitrary and not as critical as he had anticipated — and as we all more or less knew.

It never happened again.

]]> By: Meza http://anarchycreek.com/2009/10/15/coaching-attacking-despair-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Meza Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:53:47 +0000 http://anarchycreek.com/?p=835#comment-381 Well, that explains our 300+ bottles of energy drink in the office ;) Well, that explains our 300+ bottles of energy drink in the office ;)

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