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Okay, lets try a new topic. How to handle troublesome writers.
Yesterday I was thinking about this writer who worked at our firm a few years
back and what a pain she was. No matter what I asked her to do, she always went
off and did something else. She was always fighting with me over every little
sentence. It was a never-ending struggle to edit her documents.
She finally left the company and things got back to normal. But I never felt
like I really dealt with that very well.
So, what do you think? How do you deal with a writer who just won't frickin'
get on the program. Who fights over edits, ignores direct orders, writes
documents that are not needed or wanted, uses tools that aren't appropriate.
I am a little torn on this because I am a big "responsibility, accountability,
and authority" person. I expect people to get the job done and I don't really
care how they get it done. If the end product is quality - who cares what tools
or methods are used. But, when that person then becomes snide about any
criticism to their work. It sometimes seems that too much freedom can be a bad
thing. Free-agent types think they have all the answers and aren't willing to
listen to authority.
I think that's me!
Andrew Plato
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