Your Career in Animation () by David B. Levy

Author:David B. Levy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781621537496
Publisher: Allworth
Published: 2021-02-09T16:00:00+00:00

LEADERSHIP STYLES TO AVOID

This chapter covers some of the ins and outs of how to take and give feedback from either an entry-level or middle-management position. But what responsibility does upper management have in the mix?

Reluctant Leaders

It would be easy to assume that everyone in upper management is a type A personality that wouldn’t shy away from difficult conversations, but that assumption would be wrong. Some leaders are reluctantly in their position. They like the title, salary, and influence over the projects, but managing people takes a different level of effort. So, some simply avoid doing that aspect of the job. I was a member of a leadership team when our division moved buildings. Within a few days we were all fully settled. That is, except one team. Each week, at our leads meeting, one leader complained that one of his subordinates still hadn’t unpacked any boxes. “I keep walking by his boxes, wondering when he’ll get to unpacking them,” he bemoaned week after week. This went on for months. So all of the rest of us leads got to know the offender’s name really well. But how was this solving the issue? How much more effective would it have been to talk directly to that person? It’s easy to see how this passive-aggressive communication style may not be the most effective.

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