Greg James At Sun Microsystems

Question 1

HS holdings issues

Answer 1

• Entire system was down for 2 hours
• The same problem happened twice
• Sun was threatened a lawsuit
• James’ teams were blaming each other

Question 2

USA team issues

Answer 2

• better connection with James
• short vacation
• high salary
• overloaded during French vacation

Question 3

Indian team issues

Answer 3

• Unhappy with their work
• feels as second class citizens
• struggled with different time zones

Question 4

UAE team issues

Answer 4

• felt disconnected from company
• Concerns about deadlines
• Adoption to different paces

Question 5

French Team issues

Answer 5

• Long vacation
• low salary
• unpredictable schedule

Question 6

What does James’ need to change

Answer 6

• Take responsibility regarding HS holdings
• Teams need more interaction with him and each other
• Arrange weekly meetings with his team managers and bi-weekly one to one meeting with them
• Let everyone express their opinions (psychological safety)