> He was famously into management by fear.
The article you linked to says precisely the opposite and is more in line with the blog post. LeMay made it clear that results were expected and got them.
The article you linked to says precisely the opposite and is more in line with the blog post. LeMay made it clear that results were expected and got them.
I'm in the "tone deaf management bullshit" camp. It starts with the assumption that your people are basically incompetent losers and it's up to you to stomp around and whip them into shape.
It doesn't work in most areas, and it especially doesn't work in software dev.
If your people aren't acting like responsible professionals, either your culture is broken, or you're hiring the wrong people for the wrong reasons - or both.
Given the chance most adult professionals will be adult and professional. Some will even take pride in doing a good job.
If that's not happening, unprofessional management won't fix it.
I ran a 40 person development organization that never missed a schedule with that philosophy. Everyone empowered to bring problems up for help, everyone trusted to work independently.