Orr's Aphorisms™08/29/2006 (updated weekly)

• Clients don't care about process, just results. Process is, nevertheless, important to teamwork.
• Don't rescue clients or teammates. People begin to expect to be rescued, in fact, plan on it.
  Decentralize/coordinate rather than centralize/control.
• Mentor , mentor, mentor junior people. Delegate juicy things, not just unpalatable things, to subordinates to keep their enthusiasm high.
• Some people start learning with the big picture; some people start with the details. Either way is OK.
• Some people move very fast in a certain direction and change course very fast if the direction is wrong. Others don't move until they have researched and planned carefully to choose the right path. Both ways work, and often the two types of people get to the same place at about the same time.

David Orr