Stuff I'll never do as a boss, again.
I've been reading a lot about building good corporate culture and trying to retain employees and recruit new team members. I've been away from the team lead position for about 6 months but have been consulting with large organizations. I've come up with a short list of things I'll never do and will probably do as a boss. You might not agree but I hope as a member on a team I lead you will appreciate some of them. I'll never pressure you to give to the United Way or other charity because your employer said so. I will try to work out schedules if you are donating your time and it doesn't really interfere with anything. I'll never ask you to do something I wouldn't do. I will ask you to do something because you are better at it than I am. I'll never pressure you into after work social events. Not everybody likes free football tickets. I might spread the word about a cool user group topic that is coming up though. You really don't want th