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Team Work

Have you ever found it difficult to work with a manager or other team members?

Situation:

  • A year ago, we had a change of manager
  • I personally don't have a hard time
  • I am quite a social person
  • I have often worked with managers and coworkers, and I rarely find it difficult.

Task:

  • Goal is to make my team feel less treaten of the new manager

Action:

  • In order to make my team work better with the manager, I used to invite th manager to our smaller meeting (He was mostly an observer)
  • If I organized a social activity, I invited my manager as well

Lessons:

  • Sometimes it takes some time to adjust to a new manager or leader in a team environment.
  • However, as long as we take the time to connect and clarify expectations, I think everything will work out.
  • I expect an adjustment period, just like any other relationship.

When was the last time you enjoyed working as a team? When was the time you did not enjoy the team?

  • I was not start with a time where I did not enjoy working in a team and what was the factors

  • In my former team (5 years ago), there was a lack of leadership

  • I felt like there was lack of communication between developers and sre
  • People didn't feel motivation
  • There was no end goal
  • People came to work and didn't the bare minimum

  • There was nothing to be excited about (no motivation)

  • NEW TEAM

  • We worked towards a common goal
  • There was clear leadership from the manager
  • The manager checked in with me and I checked in with my team and with individuals on a bi-weekly basis.
  • My manager trusted us, but also cared about our work.
  • I all felt invested in the project because leadership showed their own investment
  • People did more than the bare minimum
  • Felt like we were on a mission
  • Cross-collaboration between developers and devops was phenomenal - it flet like we were working towards a bigger goal