When should your team escalate issues to you as a manager versus continuing to try to influence themselves?
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Datadog VP, Product Marketing | Formerly Salesforce, Attentive • 1y
I want to be informed early about potential issues, even if my team is still working to resolve them independently.I completely agree that team members should try to solv...
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Atlassian VP of Product Marketing • 1y
I encourage my team to solve problems themselves as much as possible before escalating, but the timing depends on their career stage.Earlier in your career, everything ca...
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Atlassian VP of Product Marketing • 1y
There's an important distinction between an escalation that requires action and an FYI about a potential issue.Coming too late when a problem is already serious is defini...
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