Subject Specialists: Boss

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

10 Things Bosses Wish They Could Tell Their Employees

Even if you're a remarkable boss -- and here's how to tell if you're a remarkable boss --there’s a lot you don’t know about your employees.

There’s also a lot employees don’t know about you.

Here are ten things bosses wish they could say to their employees:

1. I care about whether you like me.

I want you to like me. When I come off like a hard-ass who doesn’t care about your opinions, it’s mostly because I'm insecure or uncertain of my authority.

If I’m the owner, my business is an extension of myself. If I’m your boss, the company is at least partly an extension of myself. So I want you to like your job.

And I definitely want you to like me.

2. I don't think I know everything.

A few people stepped in, without being asked, and made a huge difference in my professional life. I will always be grateful to them.

So I don’t offer you advice because I think I’m all knowing or all-powerful. I see something special in you, and I’m repaying the debt I owe to the people who helped me.

Click here to read the rest of the things that Bosses Wish They Could Tell Their Employees…

Monday, October 22, 2012

What Would You Choose - Better Boss or a Raise!

It looks like a No Brainer….any day, I would always choose to have a Better Boss than a Raise.

Simply because having a better Boss delivers many benefits, tangible and intangible, one of which is also a Raise.

In fact, in a study conducted across US, 65% of Americans chose a better Boss over a Raise.

Hard to Believe?

According to Michelle McQuaid, a world leader in positive psychology interventions in the workplace, if you feel unappreciated, uninspired, lonely, and miserable, you’re not alone.

In a survey of 1000 American Executives McQuaid found a “whopping” 35 percent of Americans are happy at their job. And, 65 percent say a better boss would make them happy. Only 35 percent say a pay raise will do the same thing.

It would appear that working in the cubes is no picnic for a very large percentage of the workforce.

As I write this, we’re in the midst of National Boss’s Day. I wonder if Patricia Bays Haroski (the woman behind the holiday) and her colleagues felt this way when they registered the day with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958.

You might also be interested to know that most people trust a stranger more than they trust their boss.

A 2009 study published by the Harvard Business Review suggested, “…the majority of people say they trust a stranger more than they trust their boss.”

Am sharing with you the article published in Forbes, contributed by Ty Kiisel!

Here is the link to the Forbes article…