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Subject:RE: suggestions or support From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 9 May 2002 09:10:57 -0600
Chris wrote (to Jennifer, or to Cayenne, or to *somebody*):
> The same thing goes for when people aren't talking to you. Yeah, that's a
> pain, and cumbersome, and makes your job harder, but they aren't going to
> talk to you until you've earned their respect. Until then, you'll have to
> take charge and talk to people, rather than waiting for them to talk to you
> (I'm not implying that's what you're doing now. But save complaints and
> problems until AFTER you deliver a product, and do whatever it takes to make
> that happen. It's much easier to criticise the process AFTER the fact, than
> in the middle of it. Bring your boss problems+solutions, rather than just
> problems.)
Regardless of whose post Chris was addressing, Chris's message is right on
target.
Well said. Particularly the last sentence.
-Keith Cronin
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