Running things around the workplace is a hard job, but somebody has to do it. Employees do not fully understand the important roles that managers have to fill to keep the workplace running efficiently and smoothly.
As most of the professional world knows, there are great managers and there are bad managers. Great managers often possess a natural traits not every manager has, however, bad bosses normally do not have an understanding of how to actually be a manager yet. Great managers treat employees as people, bad managers treat employees, well, as employees.
Now the question is, are you a great manager or a bad manager?
What makes a great manager?
- Great managers find solutions at all costs
- Great managers guide their employees in the right direction
- Great managers initiate change in the workplace
- Great managers listen and offer constructive feedback
- Great managers encourage personal growth for employees
- Great managers promote happiness in the workplace
- Great managers say thank you
- Great managers are trustworthy
What makes a bad manager?
- Bad managers put employees down
- Bad managers show favoritism
- Bad managers lacks motivation
- Bad managers demand tasks without transparency
- Bad managers often lose their temper
Having great managers make a great workplace, in return, leads to increased productivity and less employee turnover rates. Employees want to work for great managers and bad managers are normally why they quit. Bad managers often think they are doing the right thing, but the ending result says otherwise: Bad managers are toxic to the workplace.
