Interesting thread. I wonder how many people will be honest about their
problem areas.

I think my attributes as a skipper are giving clear direction, assigning
tasks, and giving everyone equal time at the helm or whatever post they
like. I believe I'm even-handed in praise and criticism, and I'm quick to
praise and slow to anger. I believe in the philosophy that says five good
things to say for every negative thing (well, three maybe). I think I'm
appropriately cautious.

I don't yell, but I do raise my voice to be heard. I think I make fairly
quick and fairly accurate judgements about someone's ability, or lack of
ability, to do a specific task. However, I think this is also a problem
area. I've seen this happen when teaching, wherein I make a judgement about
someone and am then proven wrong by later events. I believe that I need to
be more objective rather than subjective.

I think that the only way correct this situation, to be more objective, is
to do a tally at the end of the day, a formal list, of what a particular
person did well and didn't do well with, and then see what the balance looks
like. I tend to go by my impression first, which is not necessarily a bad
thing, but it can be misleading if used exclusively or in excess.

One interesting side note to this is a book I strongly recommend. It's
called Blink: The power of thinking without really thinking, by Malcom
Gladwell. It's short enough to be read in a day or so, but has a lot to say.

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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
I'll start with a look at myself.



Attributes: Giving clear direction. Assigning Tasks.

Empowering my crew.



My problem area. I find I sometimes want to see

things run too perfectly or too quickly when speed is

not really important. So when someone else has trouble,

instead of talking them through it, I jump on it myself.



That does not empower my crew!



To fix this, I intend to delegate more by assigning tasks and

when people have questions, I'll ask them what they think

needs to be done to accomplish the task, and in the mean

time I'll focus on other issues to keep myself busy.


What are the attributes of an outstanding skipper?

Take a good hard look at yourself, and tell me which
attributes you feel need improvement in yourself.

Tell me what you plan to do to effect such improvements.