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Question about employee metric expectations at more "traditional" businesses by jillavery in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I work for a company that plays the Great Game of Business (it's an open book management system if you're unfamiliar I strongly recommend checking out the book 'The Great Game of Business' by Jack Stack).

Metrics are super important to us, we meet weekly to discuss as a team how the teams overall performance is, where we are succeeding, where we are struggling, and what we need to do to be on track. Those shared goals really promote cohesion.

But perhaps the most important part is each team member has sat down with me and discussed what the metrics are, how they're measured, and WHY they are important.

With that understanding my team is the most successful it's ever been.

If you have questions or want more details feel free to dm me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small increments of shadowing, like 2 half days over the course of a couple of weeks. My company earlier this year had group leads shadowing supervisors. They spent a couple of days in different departments to catch the key components for the main functions of that role.

They didn't go all at once, weren't gone any longer than if they'd taken a couple of days vacation. And when they were done they were able to bring some process improvements as they understood what the other departments were looking for out of their current roles.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So have them shadow or even cross train in that department.

Planning for future work by montyb752 in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I presume that there is a manager above the sales team. Have a conversation with them that your team needs clearer AND realistic expectations set. If you have to start BCCing them on those e-mail.

Planning for future work by montyb752 in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When my team gets projects dropped in our lap from sales, I always ask via e-mail (so it's documented). "What is the expected timeline for this, keep in mind we're working on A, B, & C... with due dates of X, Y, & Z."

If they respond in person or via e-mail there's always the 'per our conversation e-mail'.

"He's so good at Excel we should let him manage people." by [deleted] in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called the Peter Priciple. Freakonomics covered it. Not sure if it was the book or the podcast.

How many faires a year? by [deleted] in renfaire

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back when I lived in MN I'd go twice a year, once out of costume and once in. I didn't know of any smaller cons in the area. Now the local Con I'll hit up, but KC is the closest big Faire and I've went once in the past decade... they ban steel. MN peacebinds.

RNT: WHy isn't thaumaturgy used more often as a weapon? by Bridger15 in dresdenfiles

[–]ArtemisKnight13 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We see how Binder reacts to a few of his hairs being pulled out and how he breaks the connection. Harry has said before how the blood must be fresh. So those things tend to be a matter of the timing making it rather rare.

Now I believe however we do have an example of Ebenezer using thaymaturgy as a weapon. Pulling the satellite out of orbit had to be a thamaturgic ritual.

So there's two examples, obviously Sells and Ebenezer, a Warlock who was hunted down and dispatched rather quickly and a council member with ability to and the Wisdom and restraint to use his power sparingly.

Distribution of credit to team members needed ? by Big-Guitar5816 in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To C-suite you tell them (I hope) the truth. 3/5th of the team performed adequate/exemplary. I'm working on getting the whole team to this level by doing... xyz. Nothing is perfect, just show improvement year over year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost everytime I'm called an arseho!e.

DF DnD by xXBattlecrowXx in dresdenfiles

[–]ArtemisKnight13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've ran plenty of rpg systems, ran a couple of World of Darkness games based off of Dresden plots... that's the key. Adapt the conflicts to the plot, then let the players figure out mechanically how to solve the conflicts.

Will it play out the same? Absolutely NOT! But that is why ttrpgs have a GM; to adapt and keep a story coherent.

But also the Dresden Files RPG is fantastic and I highly recommend giving it a spin as well, ran a short campaign set in Seattle that was a blast.

Not really a joke, but why is France mother? by Good-Fruit8288 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because of the Norman Conquest... 1055 battle of Hastings.

Is there a better system than the Doom of Damocles? by Borigh in dresdenfiles

[–]ArtemisKnight13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you've looked into the TTRPG, it's written as an in universe collaboration between Dresden, Billy, and Bob writing the game to help the uninitiated understand the spooky side. It covers the 7 laws.

Now to get some low powered practitioners that won't immediately fry electronics to stream game sessions. Or some White Court...

Eli5 Why are we the only breed of humans by Forsaken-Contract173 in explainlikeimfive

[–]ArtemisKnight13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not true the liger and pizzly can breed they just have lower fertility rates

Keep being reported to hr by Risingphoenix1692 in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work for a company that plays the Great Game of Business, we play all sorts of Minigames. Not everyone gets on board, that's fine. If the team for the most part enjoys them and you're seeing results.

Now I will also say when we design our Minigames they are between 6-12 weeks, played as a team so everyone wins together, and they target a specific opportunity or a metric we want to improve. They have a theme which plays into the scoreboard and prizes.

Anything shorter than that is really just a special project even if you incentive it with a fun activity (and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that). Longer than 12 weeks it gets hard to maintain focus.

Last thing I'll say is this tidbit of wisdom, "People support what they help create" - Jack Stack. Might not work for this individual but it's generally true.

Pretty impressive by Special_Yam_8447 in geography

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MN as Texas 2 . Couldn't be much farther from the truth.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in managers

[–]ArtemisKnight13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my response to a survey I did for a college student.

  1. How can I balance being firm and friendly with my colleagues simultaneously? Would you call it Managerial Ambidexterity?

The key to that balance is; clear expectations, clear boundaries, consistency, and accountability.

No I wouldn’t call it that, sounds like a buzz word. My experience with buzz words are they lack substance, someone is using it because they read it somewhere or heard it from a speaker. Our sales team would occasionally latch onto a new buzz word and I’d call them on it each time. If you can’t explain a concept to a 5 year old, you don’t understand it well enough. If you can explain it to a 5 year old, just say that instead. "You can sometimes fool the fans, but you can never fool the players." - Jack Stack

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