> I wish some of my remote team would read this message.
To be fair most workers are never going to do on their own what the business wants or what is good for the team. They don't understand it well enough as they are neither business people nor managers and it's not up to them.
I know it's four days later but this might be one of the most condescending arrogant things that I have every read on Hacker News.
Really? Business is so magical that someone with a Computer Science degree couldn't possibly understand business.
As a manager or CEO it is your job to make sure everyone in the company understands the mission and what is needed to get there. And that everyone is empowered to act on a daily basis to move that mission forward.
A leader realizes that the people on their team have insights and knowledge that they do not. A good leader empowers not dictates. You sir, have some lessons to learn.
There is a reason so many great companies are founded by software engineers. Based on your logic those should all fail because Software Engineers should just stick to coding not thinking about what is best for the business.
To be fair most workers are never going to do on their own what the business wants or what is good for the team. They don't understand it well enough as they are neither business people nor managers and it's not up to them.