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Have you experienced a time when you are expected to deliver good result, nevertheless you are equipped with a very limited number of resources? You have a small team, who are passionate about the work, yet, very obvious that you fall short of resources immediately after the delivery commences.
This is where you need to be smart in utilizing any source of assistance you can get. Highly qualified vendor is always a good option for you to turn to. Browse through different vendors you can possibly work with and use them as your partner. In this situation you might want to sacrifice some of your idealism and rely more on the capable team the vendor has. A careful vendor selection process is key for you to appoint the right one, based on their experience, expertise and team capabilities. Getting recommendations from other people, your manager, your team members, your cross department colleagues will also help in determining the right vendor.
Another good option you will have in this situation is to look around and see any resource outside of your department that are passionate about the work you are doing. For example, any work related to innovation, technology, or digital might sound very attractive to most people and I am sure that you will be able to find good people that are not officially reporting to you, but are willing to spare some of their time to be involved in the activity you are doing. In this case, make sure that you have the endorsement from their line managers to avoid any future conflict.
Lastly and very importantly, you need to develop your team. No matter how junior they are, as long as they are passionate on what they are doing and willing to do extra mile, there is a huge chance that they will be strong contributors to your work. You might need to spend extra time to coach them and make sure that they are up to speed with your expectation, but do not hold off, just do it! It is the right thing you need to do.
-Edwin-
Have you experienced a time when you are expected to deliver good result, nevertheless you are equipped with a very limited number of resources? You have a small team, who are passionate about the work, yet, very obvious that you fall short of resources immediately after the delivery commences.
This is where you need to be smart in utilizing any source of assistance you can get. Highly qualified vendor is always a good option for you to turn to. Browse through different vendors you can possibly work with and use them as your partner. In this situation you might want to sacrifice some of your idealism and rely more on the capable team the vendor has. A careful vendor selection process is key for you to appoint the right one, based on their experience, expertise and team capabilities. Getting recommendations from other people, your manager, your team members, your cross department colleagues will also help in determining the right vendor.
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Another good option you will have in this situation is to look around and see any resource outside of your department that are passionate about the work you are doing. For example, any work related to innovation, technology, or digital might sound very attractive to most people and I am sure that you will be able to find good people that are not officially reporting to you, but are willing to spare some of their time to be involved in the activity you are doing. In this case, make sure that you have the endorsement from their line managers to avoid any future conflict.
Lastly and very importantly, you need to develop your team. No matter how junior they are, as long as they are passionate on what they are doing and willing to do extra mile, there is a huge chance that they will be strong contributors to your work. You might need to spend extra time to coach them and make sure that they are up to speed with your expectation, but do not hold off, just do it! It is the right thing you need to do.
-Edwin-
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