–noun
- training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer.
- punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
- the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.: the harsh discipline of poverty.
- behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control: good discipline in an army.
- a set or system of rules and regulations.
- Ecclesiastical. the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine.
- an instrument of punishment, esp. a whip or scourge, used in the practice of self-mortification or as an instrument of chastisement in certain religious communities.
- a branch of instruction or learning: the disciplines of history and economics.
–verb (used with object)
- to train by instruction and exercise; drill.
- to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control.
- to punish or penalize in order to train and control; correct; chastise.
quoted from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discipline
My boss “shared” with us about discipline few weeks ago. The flexibility of working hour doesn’t mean can come in late everyday, and make it as a habit. We need to hold to discipline within our team. Talk about discipline huh?!
I started to “think” about it. He is the culprit that causes us NOT discipline. The team meetings or 1-1s time slot are being shifting around, and a lot of them become “ad-hoc” meetings. And now DEMAND us to open and share our calendar to him so that he know if he can overwrites other he THINK that it has lower priority meetings… I guess it’s just because he scheduled a REGULAR team meeting that crashed with my 1-1 with his boss. So he has to know exactly every meetings that we have in our calendar.
What if I allocated the time for my breakfast, lunch, rest, focus hours? Isn’t this is more important compare to meeting for a pass down session which can be done via email???
Is this a double standard of disciplinary that he talked about?
I am super reluctant to open and share my calendar. I’ll ignore this request for the time being. Just in case, my boss so geng to check the websites that I visited, and blogs that I updated from whatever log he got from company network and found this… Boss, my ex-boss said I am not an obedient engineer, and I believe I told you this. Please accept that not an obedient engineer is a valuable assets for your team, and I am one of them!
My, why an individual’s view so different when “upgrade” from engineer to manager?
It’s liddat wan la…when u “upgrade”…u see things differently. But having said so, I’m not entirely sure i understand why some people still behave in ways that will not motivate their subordinates. Maybe I’m over-simplifying things that I don’t understand because I’m not in the position
Anyways, you can share your calendar but mark personal ones as private lo…
I dont even share mine..cos my boss refuse to share his. So, fair & square lo…
The “discipline” part..if ur boss is discipline..at least u can still “fuk” him…if like mine..sendiri oso not liddat..summore wanna implement “discipline” wor… who’s gonna “fuk” him wor.. *haihh*…
世界难”lou”!
Well, I guess he is finding himself really lost in his position. As in he doesn’t know what his team player is up for what meeting. Guess he is trying to save his “ass” being asking you guys to be open up your calendar.
Guess we are all human, if someone can’t show us discipline, we will find it hard to even obey that!
I am like that too. Show it to me in your lifestyle then I will follow. Talk and no actions done mostly I guess….
No worries… cheer up.
Guess we all need that for now.