10 Things Every Employee Deserves From a Boss
Sitting in the waiting room before a dentist's appointment recently, I found myself confronted with reading material that consisted of "Five Ways to Make Christmas Ornaments Out of Old Tires" to "10 Reasons It's Very Normal to Love your Blackberry More Than Life Itself."
That left an article on "20 Things Every Woman Deserves From the Guy in Her Life." As I read:"Make-or-break mate requirements: Must love cats! Must not play air guitar!" I thought about what workers deserve from their managers in the workplace.
That led to my list of 10 Things Every Employee Deserves From the Boss:
1. Good manners. Say please, thank-you, hello and goodbye. A smile doesn't hurt, either.
2. Honesty. If a boss can't tell an employee the truth because it violates some ultra-secret, I'd-be-killed-if-I-told-policy, then say so. But don't lie because it's easier or suits some ulterior motive.
3. Space. Bosses do not need to lean or sit on an employee's desk. Or sit in the employee's chair. Bosses have their own chair, and sitting in a worker's seat is just some macho power play that comes off as juvenile. Also, no employee wants to be close enough to smell a boss's breath and the shrimp scampi (and the glass of wine) enjoyed for lunch.
4. A compliment.
5. A face-to-face conversation.
6. Another chance.
7. Some fun. A shared joke, ordering a couple of pizzas for lunch, just something.
8. Loyalty. Bosses should never badmouth one employee to another, or to a customer. They should defend employees to their bosses if at all possible. They should never criticize an employee to someone else until they hear the employee's side of a story.
9. Good p.r. If a worker does well, the boss should spread the word. No marching bands, but a little announcement in front of co-workers would be cool.
10. Respect. Without it, the other nine don't mean a darn thing.
What else do employees deserve from the boss?
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That left an article on "20 Things Every Woman Deserves From the Guy in Her Life." As I read:"Make-or-break mate requirements: Must love cats! Must not play air guitar!" I thought about what workers deserve from their managers in the workplace.
That led to my list of 10 Things Every Employee Deserves From the Boss:
1. Good manners. Say please, thank-you, hello and goodbye. A smile doesn't hurt, either.
2. Honesty. If a boss can't tell an employee the truth because it violates some ultra-secret, I'd-be-killed-if-I-told-policy, then say so. But don't lie because it's easier or suits some ulterior motive.
3. Space. Bosses do not need to lean or sit on an employee's desk. Or sit in the employee's chair. Bosses have their own chair, and sitting in a worker's seat is just some macho power play that comes off as juvenile. Also, no employee wants to be close enough to smell a boss's breath and the shrimp scampi (and the glass of wine) enjoyed for lunch.
4. A compliment.
5. A face-to-face conversation.
6. Another chance.
7. Some fun. A shared joke, ordering a couple of pizzas for lunch, just something.
8. Loyalty. Bosses should never badmouth one employee to another, or to a customer. They should defend employees to their bosses if at all possible. They should never criticize an employee to someone else until they hear the employee's side of a story.
9. Good p.r. If a worker does well, the boss should spread the word. No marching bands, but a little announcement in front of co-workers would be cool.
10. Respect. Without it, the other nine don't mean a darn thing.
What else do employees deserve from the boss?
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Labels: Anita Bruzzese, boss, boss behavior, career advice, employees deserve, respect, workers, workplace
posted by Anita at 8:27 AM
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