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Originally Posted by lukevanoort
How do you tell someone that the project they've been working on is unusable? We have a kid who works on PR and ia attempting to make a website (it is our fallback site). However, his site is completely inappropriate and unusable, how do I tell him this nicely? This site in question is here . (I uploaded it so you'd know what I was talking about however, the pictures aren't showing up (I suspect bad code)) |
sigh. One of the hardest things to do in a leadership position.
The basic formula is SBI: Situation, Behavior, Impact.
Explain the
situation (we asked you to build a backup website, and I just had a close look at it), then state exactly what the
behavior you are commenting upon is, what they did (You built a web site, but while it tells a bit about the people on the team, it really has little to do with FIRST and the message we need to send, plus there are a number of weird things that might be code errors), and then the
impact (If we released this, we would probably lose points because the FIRST message is not being told, it is not fully functional, and some of the language is a bit too informal).
You then have a decision: Have him keep doing it, but with closer supervision and guidance, or just scrap it and work on something else (not web page related).
This late in the season, I'd scrap it, but promise better guidance next year. Send him to look at other team sites for some guidance, have him take notes on what he sees and take the time to look at the notes.
good luck, and welcome to the world of leadership.
Don