Agree and Commit, Disagree and Commit

Agree and Commit, Disagree and Commit or stay out of the way - is a famous quote of Scott McNealy. In the above diagram all team members should be in top two quadrants.

Greg states that the most corrosive thing that can happen in a company is to have a debate continue after the decision has been made. He suggests that people who are supportive of decisions which they were against are very valuable to an organization. http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1642

Giving Feedback

Steps to follow while giving feedback to engineer.


Here are some more notes i have on giving feedback,















Sales Coaching: Making the Great Leap from Sales Manager to Sales Coach
By Linda Richardson
(http://books.google.com/books?id=ghARqIMtm8oC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=developmental+coaching&source=web&ots=sY-9SSfC2a&sig=bh3tpl60mwt199mdB26iWe9i-vs#PPR11,M1)

Level 1 of development coaching, the process

Preparing for the developmental coaching session
Coach should be clear of objective
The opening
Preceptions and needs(salesperson's and coach's - in that order)
Indetifying and removing the obstacles
Closing with an action step
Follow-up

- Always engineer first - get views of engineer on the situation and then explain your understanding
- Coaching by asking questions. Boss' way is by telling things.