Comments on: You Don’t Know Everything

By: Lyna Le

Lyna Le — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:29:21 +0000

A refreshing reading of the day. Yep, I ask my subordinate/team mate on skills she is good at. Others are good at what you are not. So everyone is good at a certain activity (a recurring activity only to that person). At times I helped my co-worker with certain technical issues, they asked me why so and so, I just have to say “I don’t know.” And they said “I like that answer.” Other people, such as friends from non-IT field who asked me why so, what really happened, I tried to explain abit and say “I don’t have a more intelligent answer. Just accept the solution.” Being able to say “I don’t know” and ask for help requires some skills and characters.

By: Guy Harris

Guy Harris — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:57:46 +0000

Phil,

Great post. Really to the point. Your thoughts struck me today, and I don’t really have anything to add. I wrote a post recommending people read this one. Thanks.

By: You Don’t Know Everything - By Phil Gerbyshak

You Don’t Know Everything - By Phil Gerbyshak — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:52:09 +0000

[...] As I was reading some of my favorite blogs today, I had one of those moments. I was reading Slacker Manager by Phil Gerbyshak, and I found his post titled You Don’t Know Everything. [...]

By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:32:00 +0000

Congratulations! This post was selected as one of the five best independent business blog posts of the week in my Three Star Leadership Midweek Review of the Business Blogs.

http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2009/05/13/51309-midweek-look-at-the-independent-business-blogs.aspx

Wally Bock

By: Miki

Miki — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:00:03 +0000

Brilliant post, Phil. As an engineering vp recently said to me, “I don’t know much design anymore, just enough to know when someone is BSing me.”

Do your job—not theirs; that’s what you’re paid for.

By: Scott C Griffin

Scott C Griffin — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:24:50 +0000

As manager you need to make sure you hire knowlegable people. The higher you move into management the more soft-skills you need rather than the hard-skills. It comes with the territory.