Friday, October 07, 2011

Back to The Non-Solution Solution

It has been a while since I've written about this situation but the subject popped up while looking at a divided team.

Each side had its virtues. Both sides were to blame for the problems. Neither side deserved to win and, in fact, the situation would be worse if either side did. A mass firing was not in the cards.

So what was the solution? No solution was the solution. The continuing tension between the two sides, provided rigid ground rules kept behavior from going too far, was as good as it was going to get.

Not all management problems have a neatly-wrapped solution with a bow on top.

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