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This week in pm-clinic: Surviving the visionless manager

This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum:

I lead a small team of 6 – we’re paired with 3 other small teams, all reporting into the same group manager.

Problem #1: the group manager doesn’t have a vision. He’s vague and tends towards disinterest in leadership matters.
Problem #2: All of us leads have visions, but they’re different.
Problem #3: Leaders and founders seem content to let us fight out our respective visions in code.

I’ve run up this hill before – it’s not fun. I want to find another way to deal with the situation and I’m hoping pmc can help.

– Surviving the visionless manager