Re: Teams Leaders what are they, and do we need them? - Extension from Re: [xpAdopti

On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 8:51:30 PM, Dale Emery wrote:

>  > Yes. I've often found myself in situations where it was
>  > unacceptable to say what everyone knew: this just isn't going
>  > to happen. Made you not a team player. It was better to go
>  > along than it was to tell the truth.
>  >
>  > I've never worked out well in those situations. ;->

> My friend Payson Hall (http://www.catalysisgroup.com/) has been 
> known to look project managers in the eye and ask, "If this 
> project were going to fail, when would you want to know?" 
> Somehow, he has the personality and demeanor to get away with that.

I'd give anything for a personality.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
The practices are not the knowing: they are a path to the knowing.


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