Comments on: Of life lessons, managers and time http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2008/08/of-life-lessons-managers-and-time/ Info, comments and musings on company culture, communications and employee hiring, motivation and retention Fri, 25 May 2012 08:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Miki Saxon http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2008/08/of-life-lessons-managers-and-time/comment-page-1/#comment-52172 Miki Saxon Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:55:09 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=1011#comment-52172 Luke, my apologies for not responding sooner (stupid technology:) A very smart engineering vp once told me that he he didn't need to know tech like his people, but he needed to know enough not to get conned. He said that the knowing was about 35% tech knowledge and 65% people knowledge, i.e., knowing each of his people well enough to know whose presentations to question more closely, etc. Luke, my apologies for not responding sooner (stupid technology:)

A very smart engineering vp once told me that he he didn’t need to know tech like his people, but he needed to know enough not to get conned. He said that the knowing was about 35% tech knowledge and 65% people knowledge, i.e., knowing each of his people well enough to know whose presentations to question more closely, etc.

]]> By: Luke http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2008/08/of-life-lessons-managers-and-time/comment-page-1/#comment-52161 Luke Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:28:54 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=1011#comment-52161 Miki - I like the leadership description. But as alluded to in comments on McCarthy's page, what happens when you get someone who expects you, as a leader, to know more about everything than they do? Miki – I like the leadership description. But as alluded to in comments on McCarthy’s page, what happens when you get someone who expects you, as a leader, to know more about everything than they do?

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