Comments on: The Manager’s Guide To (Appropriately) Advocating For Your Team

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:23:00 +0000

In government service, salaries are posted so there is transparency. Incentives are few, no bonus structure. I appreciate the team advocacy point of view as a strategic plan.This information is critical to the development of an employer of choice where success of the enterprise overshadows the silos of individual team goals. Implementing this mindset will improve communication and reinforce the agency culture. Thank you for this response.

By: Patricia Pitsel

Patricia Pitsel — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:47:08 +0000

One of the best responses to a question that I have seen in a long time. It puts a stop (I would hope) to the swinging pendulum that wildly moves between Scrooge like enterprises and “it’s all about the people” approaches that we’ve seen over the last 20 years.

By: Steven J Thomas

Steven J Thomas — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:52:57 +0000

Just wish I had been aware of crucial skills information 15 years ago. I had an organization director who was playing this type of conflict off of the next tier down managers. He encouraged them to “fight for their people” then would sit back and enjoy the show like an MMA fight. That concept rocked the whole organizations performance. It took his replacement 2 years to get the organization back to working as a larger team and thinking about the good of the enterprise. We now have much better internal communications and focus on the organizations mission and goals by all stakeholders. We also have more engaged employees and managers . I have been involved with this organization for just short of 30 years and now that we have started using crucial skills along with a total organization vision instead of each sub group fighting for “their people” we are preforming much better and have more staff engagement with the organizations mission.
Awesome response to the question

By: Diana Hutchinson

Diana Hutchinson — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:45:14 +0000

This is one of the best articulated articles I have read about the responsibility of a leader to be part of the leadership team and understand and advocate for the business as a whole, rather than their department or silo. Excellent framework and specific actions.