Manager?

If you were an employee, what would you want from your manager? Would you want someone to ask you how your child is doing after they knew they had surgery?  Would you want them to ask how you are doing after you put you mother in an assisted living facility? You might say, “No, I don't want them getting into my personal business.” O.K.  However, when you're on a train or in the car on your way home, and your boss says, “Hey, why don't you come in a bit late on Monday, so you can have breakfast with your kid who just got out of the hospital,” smile will come to your face, and you'll appreciate it.

Would you want your boss to pull a chair up to your desk and ask what you're working on, so they can give you their perspective and possibly alter your course by five degrees, saving you time and energy? You might say, “I don't want to be micromanaged....let me do my project, and you can critique it when I'm done!” However, when they say to you that they will take a piece of the project and do it for you, so you can get out of the office at a reasonable time…do you feel the same way, or do you feel as though you are really a part of the team?

Think about these things and maybe you'll either appreciate your manager more, or as a manager you'll act a little differently in working with your staff.

Comments

[Tom Ciesielka]

Hey Tom,

I am always trying to figure out how to blend personal connections with staff along with the nees to get moving when time and deadlines are against us.