32. The Overtime Predictor
The manager looks upon early overtime as a sign of glowing project health.
A story from our colleague Jerry Weinberg: Jerry was coaching one of his clients, a first-time project manager, and drew him out along the following lines:
Managers, particularly young managers, are gratified to see people under them putting in extra hours. They take it as a sign that their powers of inspiration and motivation are working well, that everyone is as determined as they are to bring the project home successfully. But there may be a ...
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