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Originally posted by valkyrie
Let's talk about Kendra. I'm really not impressed by her -- I don't think she has good leadership skills AT ALL, but she did make a killer brochure.
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I'm with you.
Kendra's brochure was great, showing very good marketing instincts and skills. But I saw little leadership ability -- she didn't lead her team, she did it herself, largely because she
couldn't lead her team. A good leader would have (1) gotten her team on board with the concept, (2) seen that they were fading late at night (early in the morning) and dealt with it -- maybe by letting them get in some naps in shifts -- instead of just doing her "I appreciate your honesty and I am offended" schtick, and (3) wouldn't have been complaining that Tana was "hogging" the presentation because she would have already worked out how the presentation was going to go beforehand.
I was disappointed in Tana's "I'm used to getting sleep" routine, and her leaving the building. I expected better from her. But if someone isn't used to staying up to work all night, it's up to the PM to provide the motivation.
ETA: The other alternative available to Kendra, with regard to working through the night, would have been for her to tell Craig and Tana, "If you leave, don't bother coming back; you're off the task." Would have been risky, but I think Trump, Carolyn and George would have respected it.
Instead, she just shrugged her shoulders, rolled her eyes, and whined about getting no respect and doing it all herself.