Managing People: how not to do it in one short lesson

Hello!


Fancy a good read? https://www.askamanager.org/2016/07/my-best-employee-quit-on-the-spot-because-i-wouldnt-let-her-go-to-her-college-graduation.html


Best regards,
Mac Juli

 

I enjoyed that read! Thanks for sharing!

 

1. Find their WIFMs.
2. Align them with the work.
3. Set expectations
4. Support and Guide along the way.
5. Recognize accomplishments and re-redirect poor performance.
6. Drink heavily. (Optional)
7. Repeat (but watch #6)

 

I have to wonder if it wasn't the employee who wrote that from the employer's perspective. There aren't a lot of people who would be willing to say out loud that going to a concert is more important than attending your own graduation ceremony.

 

Hopefully, not a lot. But there ARE some. Definitely. Back in my working days, I knew way more than one. Some people could get to concerts - and some couldn't get to anything. But those particular bosses I'm talking about are all dead now ... not that I had anything to do with it, of course.

 

But I might have liked to, if I thought I could get away with it.

 

I am so jaded regarding bad managers that I did not even consider this option... but thanks for bringing it up!!