Monday, March 30, 2009

In response to Brent Clark's Question..

Brents question was:
Should that workplace have just one boss that either communicates well but doesn't push you or one boss that is horrible at communicating and expects more from you? Or do these two bosses make a good team with the "good cop bad cop" type of communicating?

I personally think that having two bosses with separate qualities makes an excellent team. Having the good cop bad cop balances out the workplace to make a good environment. Both qualities are very necessary in the workplace, however it is difficult to produce both attributes into one manager. At the restaurant I work at, there are two owners who are very different. One is very strict, and deals with the the internal drama and employees. The other manager is very nice and friendly and easy to talk to. The employees respect both managers in different way.

1 comment:

Kathleen R. Johnson said...

In response to the Good manager/bad manager idea... What happens when we don't have two people at the top to essentially balance each other out? High turnover? How should employees resopnd? Should they approach the manager? his/her supervisor? Are there ways that workers can change the leadership? Any experiences along those lines?
krj