Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Jul 25, 2018 7:33 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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No -
Workaholic PMs are often a symptom of low organizational PM maturity, poor delegation and empowerment, or poor organization and time management skills.
A leader needs to model the behavior they expect from their team members so unless we want to run a sweatshop, chronic overtime sends the wrong message.
I aspire to be a lazy manager :-)
Kiron
"Workaholic PMs are often a symptom of low organizational PM maturity, poor delegation and empowerment, or poor organization and time management skills."
Exactly. Most of the workaholic PMs I've seen spend much of their time scrambling around trying to prevent their superiors from discovering just how badly their projects are going. They then describe their efforts to conceal their ineptitude as heroism on their part, or some sort of worthwhile character trait. Saving Changes...
Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Jul 25, 2018 1:41 AM
Replying to Girija Ramakrishnan
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George -
I am definitely not. I never want my teams to be workaholic too. I believe that proper planning, sticking to the schedule in our work activities including meetings and proper communication will rarely warrant us to work extended hours. Respecting our & other's time will make us do our work with lot of interest.
I agree that at times, some exceptional situations may arise due to Customer / Senior leadership pressure & plans.
"I believe that proper planning, sticking to the schedule in our work activities including meetings and proper communication will rarely warrant us to work extended hours."
I completely agree. The better PMs are at their jobs, the less effort they and their teams need to exert to make the project successful. Saving Changes...
Not necessary he always engrossed with project work. There could be other things he keeps himself busy mentally and physically. Could be related work after office. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
I am not, though, because I enjoy what I do, sometimes I'll find myself working off-hours, but generally for the purpose of implementing something new, getting ahead, cleaning stuff up, improving, etc. Saving Changes...
Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
I'll work longer than necessary if I'm excited about the project or want to learn something useful. However, I'll let my team know why I'm working late so they don't think the project is in trouble or that they need to work longer hours, too. Saving Changes...
Around 2 years back, it was the time when my project demanded more tracking, following SLAs, at least a call daily with customer, etc. At that time, I was working more hard even on weekends. Saving Changes...
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