Firing a Bad Boss

"A lack of "trust and integrity" was the main reason employees would "fire" a boss, a new survey has found.

While a third of respondents to the poll, hosted by website badbossology.com, nominated trust as their main issue, 24 per cent would leave a micromanager. Other boss crimes were not providing development opportunities (12 per cent); not providing open and honest feedback (12 per cent); stealing credit for ideas and work (10 per cent); and not providing coaching support when needed (8 per cent)."

A friend once said, "People don't leave their jobs, they leave the people they work with." If there is one complaint I consistently hear from clients is that their relationship with their manager is the primary contributor to their job dissatisfaction.

For every poor management attribute there is a positive one, wouldn't it be easier for everyone, to be a great manager instead of a crappy one?

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Leaders vs Managers

The Times - Success requires doing the job of two people: "Success requires doing the job of two people Published:Sep 13, 2008

The idea of combining manager and leader is not as easy as it seems, writes Linda Doke

Attempting to distinguish between managers and leaders, and analysing the roles they need to play in successful businesses, is an exercise in futility: most organisations do not have enough staff, and require managers to lead, and leaders to manage."

There seems to be a general consensus that manager's tend to run the business and leaders are there to inspire people within the business to achieve the highest of outcomes with the greatest of attitudes.

But is there really such a BIG gap between the two? In my opinion the only reason there is any differentiation is because there are so many average managers. The good and great managers are actually "maneaders' (a little something I made up, in case you haven't guessed,), someone who encompasses both roles with great success.

In my business the #1 complaint I receive from clients is around poor management.

There is no reason for the two roles to be that different. Anybody can become a good manager by learning the attributes of success, and interestingly they tend to be very similar to those of leaders.

If you think of great managers you've had, no doubt they had the following attributes:

• ability to motivate
• capacity to win and hold trust
• adaptability and flexibility
• intelligence, and
• accountability

Well, guess what, according to the book "On Leadership" by John Gardner, they are the exact characteristics leaders possess?

I agree with Bryan Hattingh's comments, "All managers should be required to lead, as they have people working for them."

What to Say when a Colleague has Poor Personal Hygiene

A question I often get asked is how manager's / supervisors and team leaders deal with difficult situations. Here's a post that may be of interest:

What to Say when a Colleague has Poor Personal Hygiene - Work Relationships (UK): "What to Say when a Colleague has Poor Personal Hygiene

There is no point suggesting that this is an easy situation to deal with and, indeed, many people would not deal with it at all.

It could be far more tempting to just avoid the colleague in question, perhaps even make school boy gags about needing to buy deodorant or polo mints."

Manager constantly yells and degrades them in front of co-workers or clients. What can i do? - Yahoo! Answers

Manager constantly yells and degrades them in front of co-workers or clients. What can i do? - Yahoo! Answers

Check out the advice I gave Carolyn to stop workplace bullying.

Career Advice: How to Become a Manager in Less Than 1 Year

Career Advice: How to Become a Manager in Less Than 1 Year: "The word manager tends to have several different definitions. This is because a manager can be defined as so many different things. Shoppers and employees view a manager from different views. Basically, the position of manager is something that is always looked at by everyone. Some of us despise the position, while others dream of being in that position. Those same people believe that they know what it takes to be a manager. This results in many of them applying for the position prematurely. How do we stop those who dream from trying to advance too quickly without knowing everything, yet inform them on how to learn everything and advance at that rapid pace they dream of?"

If you want to learn how to Become a Manager, check out my site for practical, success strategies to fast-track your career path.

How to Be A Manager

For almost 19 years I've been listening to my friends, clients and colleagues complain about their managers. The interesting thing is.... they also complain that they want to move up the ladder and BECOME A MANAGER.

The challenge is, they don't have any management experience and it was the old Catch 22. "How can I get any experience if I can't get a job as a manager?"

So what to do? Where there is a will there is a way, you just need to know how to sell yourself.

I've always been a 'self promoter' (hey I like nice things, nice things cost $$$, I needed to earn more to get the objects of my desire). So I figured out how to blow them away at interviews, sell, sell and sell my skills some more so it got to the stage where the 'powers that be' thought, "Gosh, this woman should be a manager, she has soooooooo much experience."

So basically I figured out a success strategy on how to become a manager, taught all my buddies, and guess what? They're managers too now, and they used my techniques over and over and over again and now they're all SENIOR managers.

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