Managment Style

William Gunkel

(650) 703-0852

SQA Architect, Team & Project Management Consultant

Management Style

Hands on manager

Mentoring and leading by example

Maintain tight control of department budget

Empowering each member of the team to do his/her job

Coaching team leadership and team members to achieve their objectives with regular one-on-one meetings

Soliciting feedback for myself & team leads from team members via direct one-on-one meetings and anonymous feedback system

Strong advocate for each team member
- Supporting each team member in chosen career path
- If a team member misses a Quality problem, it’s my responsibility to take the hit and advise management how the process will be improved. As a team we will work to correct the process. Any on going problems would be corrected first as a team effort, then one on one as need
- When a team member excels in his/her effort to meet deadline, the effort will be noted by the team and by upper management (I did not do it by my self)

Assure team is fully informed via weekly team meetings with team leads and monthly department meetings

Very forthright as to my perception of teams goals, open to / ask for same candor from the rest of the team

Work closely with HR to work through any employee performance issues

Set high standard of performance expectations (based on clearly set objectives) for each team member
Reward and acknowledge performance that exceeds expectations
As early as possible develop a corrective action plan if performances are not meeting expectations

Revised March 2003