Comments on: How to be a Friendly and Effective Boss https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-be-a-friendly-and-effective-boss/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: An Easy Guide to Being a Better Leader | daily sandals https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-be-a-friendly-and-effective-boss/#comment-3097 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:07:52 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=4960#comment-3097 […] the stereotypical boss will get you nowhere in the workplace. Nowadays, a friendly and collaborative leader is what employees want and expect from you. Show them that it’s a team effort by being a part of […]

]]> By: Girish https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-be-a-friendly-and-effective-boss/#comment-3096 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:12:42 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=4960#comment-3096 In reply to abogdanski2.

Nicely articluated thoughts.

]]> By: abogdanski2 https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-be-a-friendly-and-effective-boss/#comment-3095 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:51:46 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=4960#comment-3095 I’m a believer in the power of the word: “and”. Taking the time and energy to find the “and” has become my personal mission. However, I disagree with the final conclusion about how a person’s great strength can become a weakness. Here’s why: by it’s very definition, a strength cannot be a weakness, they are mutually exclusive. In the case of the manager that is the most expert and experience person in the room, the real weakness is the inability to communicate the ‘why’ to their colleagues. The strength is not the problem, its the lack of other strengths, skills, and knowledge in the area of communication and context that is getting in the way of their strength. So this poses another opportunity to apply the “and” thinking and find out the manager can be both an expert “and” share the context and why of their conclusions.

]]> By: pravin https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-be-a-friendly-and-effective-boss/#comment-3094 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 05:53:50 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=4960#comment-3094 I think the topic is great and very useful, but i am not too convinced with the method. Can you please throw more light on the how part and on a day to day basic how it could be done.

]]> By: Just J https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-be-a-friendly-and-effective-boss/#comment-3093 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=4960#comment-3093 I wish everyone at my large organization would read this article! Seems like most of the bosses fall into one extreme or the other. More on the “show ’em who’s boss” end, but a few on the “nice but not effective” end. I’ve always wished for a boss who is nice, but one who is nice and also effective would be great! I’m just going to use my initial on this one instead of my unusual first name – just in case any present or past bosses read it!

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