Leave Work Unassigned and See Who Steps Forward
This practice can easily be abused or&#x2F;and cause unintented consequences. For example, once employees know this is a short cut for promotion, they will focus a lot of their energy and attention to find &#x27;the void&#x27; and try to fill it, or act like they can fill it, thus neglecting the real work that need to be done.<p>In fact, this could be a cultural issue where everybody tries to act like taking a lead (usually by blanket emails including the management team that say &quot;XXX has been launched!! Contrats Y!!&quot;), however you will find behind the backdrop, things are just half-baked or down right totally fake, because real execution is boring and not getting attention. So once an excitement dies down, people will scramble to find another &#x27;void&#x27; to fill. You may argue the manager can check the work, but in a big cooperation, the middle managers are most vulnerable, and thus they care much more about their own asses than to ensure their staff get real work done.<p>In other words, this tactic is only applicable when the company is small, say, less than 20 people, and the boss knows everybody and the projects well.