Comments on: No Whining! http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/2006/08/02/no-whining/ Growing... Your Business, Your Self, Your Time Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Hultquist http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/2006/08/02/no-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Steve Hultquist Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:40:00 +0000 http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/?p=397#comment-18 I have observed this, NancyLP, and the more high performing, the more true that is. It is as though the progress of a high performing team leaves no opportunity for complaining, since such counter-productive activities are obvious to the entire team: why waste time on them when we can be moving forward? I have observed this, NancyLP, and the more high performing, the more true that is. It is as though the progress of a high performing team leaves no opportunity for complaining, since such counter-productive activities are obvious to the entire team: why waste time on them when we can be moving forward?

]]> By: NancyLP http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/2006/08/02/no-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-14 NancyLP Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:17:00 +0000 http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/?p=397#comment-14 Absolutely agree with that. Many teams consist of more similar personalities and skill sets than different which can actually stifle creativity. Conflict is actually a real positive power if the team's leader knows how to manage it. Whiners may be squeaky wheels, eternal pessimists, or, as you suggest, people who won't take responsibility or the accountability for stepping up to plate and owning the problem and its solution. What I find intriguing is that if a team is truly high-performing, peer pressure often squashes the whiners. Have you observed this? Absolutely agree with that. Many teams consist of more similar personalities and skill sets than different which can actually stifle creativity. Conflict is actually a real positive power if the team’s leader knows how to manage it. Whiners may be squeaky wheels, eternal pessimists, or, as you suggest, people who won’t take responsibility or the accountability for stepping up to plate and owning the problem and its solution. What I find intriguing is that if a team is truly high-performing, peer pressure often squashes the whiners. Have you observed this?

]]> By: Steve Hultquist http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/2006/08/02/no-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Steve Hultquist Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:27:00 +0000 http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/?p=397#comment-12 I don't see a connection between whining and motivation. Rather, I see an unwillingness to determine a solution. In other words, whining is a complaint without a suggested resolution. It's complaining for the sake of complaining. And I think it mostly comes from a fear of retribution from those around.<br/><br/>Perhaps this makes it more difficult in high-performing groups that are not accepting of the pure brainstorming approaches. Freedom to fail and freedom to have wild ideas is vital for real success. Don't you think? I don’t see a connection between whining and motivation. Rather, I see an unwillingness to determine a solution. In other words, whining is a complaint without a suggested resolution. It’s complaining for the sake of complaining. And I think it mostly comes from a fear of retribution from those around.

Perhaps this makes it more difficult in high-performing groups that are not accepting of the pure brainstorming approaches. Freedom to fail and freedom to have wild ideas is vital for real success. Don’t you think?

]]> By: NancyLP http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/2006/08/02/no-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-11 NancyLP Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:46:00 +0000 http://stephenhultquist.com/thoughts/?p=397#comment-11 Do you think there's a connection between the whining and motivation? We know that motivation and performance are not the same thing, so what do you attribute the whining to: poor performance, poor motivation, or something else? Do you think there’s a connection between the whining and motivation? We know that motivation and performance are not the same thing, so what do you attribute the whining to: poor performance, poor motivation, or something else?

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