My last job I left because the boss was a bully and only looked after his 'favorate' members of staff.
The job before that I left because the boss was a beleiver in blanket punishment and we were forever having to stay late because of 1 lad messing up.
I'm not a boss never have been so if your a boss would you say your a good boss or a bad boss and why?
different variations of a good boss to me though.
The boss who serves those above him reaches figures sales or whichever and heads the company in the right direction
The boss who keeps the work team happy good moral all round
The boss who achieves both of the above
which would you prefer
Requirements for a good boss.
A separate office - preferably out line of sight.
Intelligent delegation.
A light hand in monitoring the jobs.
A firm hand in managing slackers.
Encouraging teamwork and giving praise - yes even 40 year olds need to be told they did well.
Knowing what the business needs and being able to direct the team towards that.
Sounds like a hell of a lot to ask.
I've had crap bosses and good bosses my current one is the best I've had - her boss is thinks life=work, weird but true.
As anais says communication is paramount and you should strive to make sure it is a two way process.
Again praphrasing anais I hold to the principle of " I mean what I say and I say what I mean.
I am constantly amazed by managers that promise their staff the world and fail to deliver even the county.
Most of all a good manager should measure himself not by his own achievements but more importantly the achievements of those that work or better still worked for him.
I make a shit boss because i can not stand the petty whimpering and in-fighting amongst people. I am also really suspicious of people throwing sickies and i would love to 'check em out' with private investigators :twisted: I did sort of do that once too. I did feel sorry for the guys who was in a car phoning in sick whilst we were parked behind him at agolf club. Not a pretty scene followed.
Lost = shite boss
It's all about communication and being able to figure out how people tick. People work better if they can understand why they have to do what they have to do (and in fact if they understand clearly what they have to do). Everyone needs different things in terms of support, reassurance, advice, even different people to work with on different projects.
One of current bosses is brilliant. She has taken the time to figure out the direction each of her subordinates wants their careers to go and constantly feeds us the right experience and opportunities. She knows who works well with whom (and which combinations are just going to end up talking about the football...) and combines people in appropriate combinations depending on the task at hand. She will not leave the building before any of us - she sees it as a point of pride to work faster, harder, better and longer. This is shit for her social life, of course, but it does mean that we don't begrudge her needing us to work longer, because we know she's prepared to do it herself.
She's friendly and nice, which goes a long way. If anything approaching a telling off needs to be done it happens early enough to feel like more of a redirection. She's extremely competent, so it's easy to respect her abilities, but she also knows and uses the skills of her staff, and will ask for and listen to advice when she needs it.
She also has the finest arse in Christendom (I have a feeling I've said this before on here). We (it's all men who work "under" her) love it when she wears tight jeans, and I'm sure she does it on purpose to raise morale when she knows it's going to be a difficult day.
She listens, she cares, and she gets more commitment, workrate and effort out of us as a result.
I just realised how much I've been eulogising this woman. She just really stands out in contrast to my two other bosses (men with power complexes) in my two other workplaces, who are both fucking awful, with the clear result that none of their staff give a shit about them, their authority, or their objectives.
