Amitai Schleier

@schmonz@schmonz.com

Force multiplier.
Outcome improver.
Decision sharer.
Developer, leader, coach.
https://agilein3minut.es podcaster.
Musician.
Bad poet (award-winning).
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[?]Amitai Schleier »
@schmonz@schmonz.com

Fascinating 1:1 feedback: “I hired you largely on the strength of recommendations from our shared network. But maybe that was just a mutual admiration society.”

What does this feedback reveal about the giver? Would you expect them to be a skilled leader or manager?

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[?]Laurent Bercot »
@ska@social.treehouse.systems

@schmonz Need more context to judge. Was it a real "maybe", as in, the manager is acknowledging that the recommendations are only a heuristic, and the rest of the feedback was positive or neutral? Or was it a sample of overall negative feedback to the employee? My assessment of the manager would largely depend on that parameter.

    [?]Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 »
    @deborahh@cosocial.ca

    @schmonz sounds like giving with one hand and taking with the other. No matter how good their other leadership skills, creating this kind of un-safety will reduce their team's effectiveness.

      [?]Chris "Crunchy Leaf" Salzman »
      @csalzman@a2mi.social

      @schmonz they said this to someone directly? If so, I would expect them to be a terrible manager who needs to learn that words matter.

        [?]George Dinwiddie »
        @gdinwiddie@mastodon.social

        @schmonz That comment raises a lot of questions for me.
        - Do they prefer people who aren't admired for their abilities?
        - What is their relationship with their "network" that they don't trust the recommendations?
        - Does they have any observations of their own?

        All of these aspects undermine my expectations of them as a leader or manager. I would keep my eyes open.

          [?]Eric Gerlach »
          @egerlach@hachyderm.io

          @schmonz This is incompetence either way, IMO. Either:

          1. Their shared network is actually a mutual admiration society, and THEY CULTIVATED THAT NETWORK AND TOOK ITS ADVICE; or

          2. The recommendations from the shared network were correct, but the manager either hired the person for a job for which they are unsuited, or the manager is blind to what the employee is actually accomplishing.

          Either way, the statement adds nothing of value if their objective is to improve the performance of the employee or the team, and probably makes things worse. It also dodges responsibility for the hiring decision.

          Based on learning this about someone, I would update my Bayesian about them towards "bad leader".

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