Commentary by management consultant Michael Wade on Leadership, Ethics, Management, and Life
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Turf Ignorance
Turf wars can generate many problems but probably far fewer than turf ignorance.
Take a department head who restricts his or her focus to a few familiar technical activities while neglecting less predictable "people issues" that are at least equally important. Short-term goals may be achieved but eventually a price will be paid, possibly a heavy one.
It may be more comfortable to confine one's attention to known territory but the world has a way of introducing uncomfortable topics; often at the most inconvenient times. Defining turf to exclude them doesn't make them go away.
This is similar to Abraham Lincoln's joke: "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
So it is with job responsibilities.
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