Give Yourself a Boss’ Day Gift and reap the Benefits

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This serious approach torepparttar position not only negatively affects our workers, but us, too. When we reach a toxic level of ‘position’, it is usually painful: we feel misunderstood, overwhelmed, crisis-oriented, over-stressed and we begin to hate our job, and maybe our co-workers, which we may have previously loved. Others see this and they begin to shy away from us. This cycle happens so often that many supervisors quit within 3 years ofrepparttar 104962 promotion.

So here’s whererepparttar 104963 results ofrepparttar 104964 study comes in. Supervisors need to remind themselves that no matter what work they think are in, they are really in ‘human services’. No matter whatrepparttar 104965 company does: make widgets, produce soft or hardware, sell viarepparttar 104966 phone; once you become a frontline supervisor your priority must berepparttar 104967 human beings who are responsible to you, as it is those humans who producerepparttar 104968 final product. The work orrepparttar 104969 final product is no longer your priority. No work is done well if people aren’t happy doing it. So don’t lose your ‘person’ torepparttar 104970 ‘position’.

And here we must be reminded why people leave their jobs (this, from yet another study). Most people leave because they see their supervisor as a jerk, and second they leave because they don’t feel acknowledged, recognized or appreciated. We can again becomerepparttar 104971 ‘person’ known to be talented, liked and therefore, promoted, by rememberingrepparttar 104972 importance ofrepparttar 104973 people who dorepparttar 104974 job. Stoprepparttar 104975 vicious cycle. Lighten up! Smile. Visit. Have fun. It’s a win-win situation!

Linda LaPointe, MRA, is author of The New Supervisor, who has taught thousands successful supervisory techniques. See part two of this article, buyrepparttar 104976 book, and sign up for Linda’s FREE E-Tools News at www.thenewsupervisor.com



Linda LaPointe, MRA, is author of The New Supervisor, who has taught thousands successful supervisory techniques. Reach her at http://www.thenewsupervisor.com


Give yourself a Boss' Day Gift Part 2: Are you the position or the person?

Written by Linda LaPointe


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How do you do that? Let’s break it down torepparttar basics, torepparttar 104961 ABC’s.

We need first, to act (A) upon basic positive beliefs (B) about people. This means we treat them with respect, dignity and make them and their needs our priority. And, second, we need to be clear and specific in our coaching (C) of people to help them dorepparttar 104962 right job,repparttar 104963 right way. This includes teaching them, and listening to them, so they become more responsible, therefore have more say into their work andrepparttar 104964 products they create.

You’ll notice that supervisors are being told to concentrate onrepparttar 104965 people who work for them and notrepparttar 104966 job orrepparttar 104967 final product. If supervisors spend their time attending to these needs ofrepparttar 104968 workers,repparttar 104969 products will be superior. Happy workers produce excellent products. And you will be a boss who will eliminaterepparttar 104970 three reasons above why people leave their jobs.

‘Well’, you say, ‘I can’t spend all my time doing that. My bosses have expectations of me, too!’ And you are right! Those arerepparttar 104971 second and third things you do. So here arerepparttar 104972 three things you spend your time on to remain you as a person, not become you asrepparttar 104973 position:

1. Act, Believe and Coach withrepparttar 104974 staff, making them your priority. 2. Any administrative work expected by our bosses, i.e. reports, budgets, meetings. 3. Any tasks that only you can do and that are required by any special credential, education or experience you hold. See! Simple as ABC.

Linda LaPointe, MRA, is author of The New Supervisor, and has taught thousands successful supervisory techniques. See part one of this article, buyrepparttar 104975 book, and sign up for Linda’s FREE E-Tools News at www.thenewsupervisor.com

Linda LaPointe, MRA, is author of The New Supervisor, and has taught thousands successful supervisory techniques. Sign up for Linda’s FREE E-Tools News at www.thenewsupervisor.com


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