Can Autonomy Exist Within Organizational Constraints?
Should all people be fully autonomous, able to carry out things when they wish in whatever manner that feel is appropriate? How can this idea fit within a Managerial-Accountability-Hierarchy.
Begin With The End in Mind or With The Problem in Mind
Most meetings begin with the problem in mind. Then we discuss the problem, what caused the problem, if the problem we identified is really the problem, and then comes the need to blame someone for the problem.
SOLVED Solution-Focused
The value in this method is that by focusing on what you want the solution to be as opposed to focusing on the problem, your energy and focus can be put into developing action steps towards the solution. The problem is known and acknowledged AND the solution is found in examining what you know, what resources you have and need in order to solve your problems in your context and in learning how to continually improve.
The Solution is Not Necessarily Related to the Problem
Acknowledging the problem AND developing a shared understanding of the goal to be achieved. Then working backward to accomplish this goal by carefully and pragmatically searching through the organization, team and / or persons real-life and work experience to identify exceptions of when the solution is already happening or could possibly happen in the future.
Right Bus Right People Right Seats Your Team is Still Unproductive
Much of the confusion and frustration comes from having too many layers of management in the organization. In other words:
Like Collins in Good-to-Great, getting the right people on the bus in the right seat is important. Unfortunately companies keep adding seats and squeezing in extra and unnecessary layers. Causing increased tension and everyone feeling squished, micromanaged, distrusted and unsafe.
Too Close? Too Far? Just Right? Matching the Manager-Employee Capacity
A persons behaviors can become extreme as a sign of an inept manager-employee situation. As a manager you must have the capacity to complete the required responsibilities, if your capacity is lacking then effective management cannot take place.
There is one condition that I consider to be more important than the rest, and it is the foundation of “People join companies and leave managers.”
Optimum Manager-Subordinate Distance.