Wherein - and this is quite possibly a Refactored first - no one fights during the whole show.
published Dec 14, 2021
Show Notes
Refactored #049: “Just Say No (To Your Boss)"
On this episode of Refactored…
The guys discuss recent travel. Frank’s sick and tired of these masks, man, but Chris turns it into a Jira thing? What are rules without enforcement, he wonders…
Offsite meetings are clutch, especially for distributed teams.
Chris really hates Microsoft Teams. Like, abhors it.
Frank comes out with two helpful tips for teams:
You are allowed to say ‘no.’
Delegation is a thing, mmm’kay?
Frank wastes everyone’s time belaboring the obvious.
Chris wastes eveyrone’s time EITHER belaboring the obvious or leaving people in the dust. Why can’t he just find a happy medium? Childhood trauma? Unresolved trust issues? Too much caffiene?
The guys agree - as a manager your job is to be the CRO for your team: the Chief Repeating Officer
The guys want you to ask more dumb questions. Everyone will thank you, on the whole.
Chris has an axe to grind about meeting hygiene. He draws some hard lines.