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Faith in your team members. I was the team lead for a group called Area51 because what we did was a secret. And because of the nature of this group we were always understaffed. Management came to me and said that he had a guy that none of the other teams wanted and could I use the help. Of course I could. He then said you should know why the other teams did not want him. I said I didn't want to know, that was between him and them.
So he reports to me, I told him where his office was and when he was settled in, came back and I'll tell hin his job. When he came back I told him. He seemed a little overwhelmed. He asked how he was to do that. I said if I knew I wouldn't need him. Go research it and come back with some options. I knew how to do it, but I wanted him invested in it. He came back with some interesting approaches. We talked about the pros/cons of each approach. Then he said which one would I take. I said that was not relevant, I wasn't going to do it, he was. Go decide which one and put together a plan and schedule. When he came back he had chosen the one I would have, the one most likely to succeed. His schedule was a little optimistic - as usual with engineers. So I said he needed to add a little time for things that don't go right and I said have at it. If you have problems let's talk about them sooner than later.
Well he delivered - on his optimistic schedule. I praised him for that in staff mtg. In private he asked if I knew about his previous problems with the other teams. I said I knew he had them but I didn't know what they were, they were not my business - unless he wanted to tell me. He then asked if he knew why he kept to the optimistic schedule. Without waiting for an answer he said because you had faith in me and I wanted to earn that. I wanted to prove that it was not misplaced.

Treat a man as he is and he will remain so, treat a man as you want him to be and that is what he'll become.
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