Action points

  • Start treating your team like grown-ups. Quantify what the results are that you expect, both in terms of quantity but also quality.
  • Then give people the freedom to set their own work hours around this.
  • At the same time, crack down on the slackers. It can be hugely demoralising to a team to see the person who coasts get the same rewards as the grafters.

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