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Respectfully, it just sounds like you’re a bad or inexperienced manager/leader who doesn’t know how to set expectations or address knowledge gaps with your staff.
Chief
Pwc - where you at? You knocked on my door, and I answered. Porch light is still on in case you want to say something
Maybe walk them through the steps and expectations vs leaving them to their own demise. Can also provide more hands on guidance by more frequent check ins
“Once you’ve completed the first piece, let’s reconnect so we can be sure it’s on the right track”
Rarely do I expect the team to hand me a complete product. My goal in delegating is for them to do a few critical things that advance the work, so that I can get it across the line to completion.
I'm the coach and call the play, the team runs the play and gets it launched, but I'm also the receiver that catches the pass and gets it into the end zone for the TD. Sometimes it's a one shot deep ball, sometimes it's a multi-play drive with many revisions...but we're always moving the ball forward.
Teamwork!
It’s the only way to learn. Let us mess up, just not in front of clients 😁
Chief
What’s your age/level? I love feedback. And I kinda like this idea of hearing what you all want differently bc not everyone is 100% candid with the boss.
Don’t re-do. I would perform a QC and return with notes on everything that needs to be revised. It may seem time consuming to provide your feedback, return for re-do, and final review, but you will save time in the long run when the QC has minimal revisions as they start to turn in work that reaches your expectations. With time, if you find that your constantly providing the same feedback and still getting the same quality, you’ll need a different form of action.
Chief
It means you haven’t trained your team well enough. Get back on that horse otherwise you’ll be SO drained
Chief
A professor doesn’t really call those things out. They’d just give you a bad grade. At work, we make them redo it if it’s not meeting standards. Then you tell them to perform a check for those issues going forward.
Part of the job. Delegate, trust but verify, and develop them on the why.
Personally, one on one time walking thru things (even corrections) with my team members feels like my best time spent as a manager/mentor/developer of future leaders. I get to unload all the unsolicited advice using my mistakes made and prior lessons learned. I also get to have them usually teach me things or provide me a way they perceive the world.
Consulting is just that different from industry. I switched to industry and i’ve team members that doesn’t provide quality stuff and my leadership still wants to give them an “ok” passing rating.