Yep. You should never ever be on the critical path
1. If you don't deliver and you hold up the schedule, you lose authority as a leader because really … if you can't, then you can't expect others.
2. You WILL be diverted to other tasks that will hold you up
1. If you don't deliver and you hold up the schedule, you lose authority as a leader because really … if you can't, then you can't expect others. 2. You WILL be diverted to other tasks that will hold you up
Knowing #2 and still causing #1 is fatal.