“Explain Twice, Cut Once”
You’re the boss. You tell other people what to do. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
But when you’re the boss with ADD, do your part to make sure that your staff really understand what you want before you send them on their way.
Why is this extra important for bosses with ADD?
Two reasons:
1. There’s a strong chance that you’re not the most precise or complete communicator in the world. *
2. Junior staff around the world are often guilty of not asking their bosses for more info even when they know they don’t completely understand what’s being asked of them.**
So explain want you want. Check to make sure you’re understood. And explain again if your staff still needs you to. Extra work? Not really. Proverbs throughout time affirm the need.***
———–
* Why the surprised look? You’ve got an ADD head that (a) already knows what you want and (b) doesn’t need to explain to itself how to get it since it’s not actually going to do the work.
** Yeah, yeah. For what you’re paying them, they ought not act like sheep. And maybe most of your staff doesn’t act that way, at least most of the time. But some do at least some times. So keep those times from costing you.
*** Remember the proverb "Measure twice, cut once"? Good. That’s one of them. How about "Haste makes waste?" You get the idea.
