Make sure project authority matches pecking order
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Ugly things happen when the nominal lead of the project is less qualified than the nominal team members. If (when!) the lead overrides sound technical decisions on the grounds that "I'm lead, and you're not!", resentment builds.
A happy team trusts the lead, when there is one, to make decisions based on what's best for the project, not on what's best for the lead's ego.
Usually, not always, good people are also confident people. The worst case is the incompetent insecure person, who regards every challenge to his ideas as a challenge to his authority.
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Ugly things happen when the nominal lead of the
project is less qualified than the nominal team
members. If (when!) the lead overrides sound technical decisions on the grounds that "I'm lead, and you're not!", resentment builds.
A happy team trusts the lead, when there is one, to make decisions based on what's best for the project, not on what's best for the lead's ego.
Usually, not always, good people are also confident people. The worst case is the incompetent insecure person, who regards every challenge to his ideas as a challenge to his authority.
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