[HN Gopher] Supervisors often prefer rule breakers, up to a point
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       Supervisors often prefer rule breakers, up to a point
        
       Author : rustoo
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2025-04-02 10:13 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | ungreased0675 wrote:
       | This study is about the NHL, hardly applicable to other contexts.
        
         | nickpeterson wrote:
         | Next time you get too many story points assigned on a sprint,
         | cross-check your manager.
        
           | crscrosaplsauc wrote:
           | Spending some time in the box for 'snowing that hot-headed
           | coworker' doesn't sound so bad.
        
             | doubled112 wrote:
             | Four minutes for roughing after you punch somebody in the
             | face? Sign me up!
        
         | crscrosaplsauc wrote:
         | How so? The study is about leadership, decision making, and
         | risk vs reward. Is there not demonstrable (and multiple levels
         | of) leadership within sports teams?
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         | I'm genuinely curious if you've participated in collegiate
         | above sports - or at maybe even High School level. I would be
         | very surprised if someone who played or participated seriously
         | in sports said they didn't take away lessons about leadership
         | and decision making.
        
           | Carrok wrote:
           | I'm sure they did take away lessons. Are those lessons
           | applicable to the real world is the salient question.
        
       | neuroelectron wrote:
       | Hard to see the negatives. Rule breakers allow you to reap the
       | rewards while removing liability.
        
         | nine_zeros wrote:
         | Every supervisor ever: Look my team is just an awesome team
         | that achieves all goals by breaking rules. I was the fearless
         | leader to lead them.
         | 
         | Same supervisor when caught breaking rules: Rogue employee.
         | Nothing to do with me. Will fire them.
        
       | wileydragonfly wrote:
       | I mean... I'm a supervisor and in that position primarily because
       | I have a good sense of when to bend or break rules. And, yes, the
       | employees that can strategically do the same are noticed.
        
       | userbinator wrote:
       | As the old saying goes, "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than
       | permission."
        
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