Drifting downstream or Making a way upstream

"A style of arrangement influences the level of achievement, and one's point of view manifest the direction of result." It is a slogan from an advertisement in Taiwan, but deeply impressed in my heart. Like construction of building, the design map prescribe the altitude and appearance of the building, and the people who in charge with the process of construction will affect the schedule and the quality of the construction.

If you are the leader of a project team, the definition of project scope and the staff arrangement is the key to attain higher achievement. If you are the member of the team, your reception to the task-related things will influence the accomplishment of tasks. How to align the values between the leader and the member will be the key successful factor for the project. Most of the leaders will hope his colleagues make effort toward to the acomplishment of tasks, in the contrast, most of the member will hope his supervisor identify himself/herself with him. The upper level care about the performance, and the lower level care about the identification. Everything will be ok, if resources are aboundant. Otherwise, how to make a balance between the performance and identification test the trust between the leader and the member.

To be a effective leader is not a difficult thing, only if he stress his member enough and he will get what he want. But being a good member isn't a easy thing, we shoud held back our negative feeling and try to make thing work. As a team member like us, we could choose to drift downstream or making a way upstream, since God give us the free will. I think God and the project leader will watch what we will to be.