Comments on: Have you sent a “No Progress” report lately?

By: Success News Online | The No Progress Report

Success News Online | The No Progress Report — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:07:28 +0000

[...] Blogger, Rajesh Setty, has a solution to an all to common dilemma… when people owe you things… did they just forget… or is it something else? He gives some insight to the problem and offers a brilliant solution… a No Progress Report. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:14:36 +0000

Honestly I prefer them stepping up and saying “sorry, can’t do it and the reason is…” I’ more likely to decrease salary to “wiggle outers”… than the other way around.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:28:45 +0000

this contradicts to my impression, that the ordinary todo list is an ever-growing monster, that means some things must be removed/failed/dropped.
Sometimes the best option for removing a task is to let the hurry get past you. If you say/fail a task: sorry, I am not going to do that, then it usually creates conflicts.
Now, if you are the manager, whom do you like more, the man who says simply: sorry, cant do it; or the man who wiggles out. With very rare exeptions the latter is more pleasant, hence he gets more salary. Salary depends on weather you are liked or not, impressions, less on what you do.
Modification: do this no progress on things that you have no hope of being forgotten.
Juhani

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:21:31 +0000

This is much true I cannot say how uber everything this is named properly. I pretty much try to follow this rule, but I never ealised it and was not able to put it in this naked essence of the problem. So thanks very much!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:47:21 +0000

Yes. That’s the decent thing to do, but people just don’t do it. I’m sure there’s some psychological reason for it, but people would rather be asked for it 3 days later than admit on the due date that they didn’t do anything. Maybe they figure in 3 more days they’ll have something done. Maybe you’ll forget about it and they’ll be off the hook. Forget about it two times and you’ll probably never get the report again. We adults are a lot like children in this way.
A good manager/leader/person follows up and does what s/he says s/he’ll do. It’s just the courteous, common sense thing to do. I hope your appeal moves more people to act accordingly.