Bosses live an unreal atmosphere. They may or may not know how well they are
doing. The assessment made by the staff,
by authorities and by clients may differ greatly. The staff is the one who will suffer or
benefit most directly from the boss’s style and behavior. Issues pertaining to this matter are:- Perceptions of the staff may differ greatly
- They might not all tell the truth
- Some staff try to stay within the boss’s good books
- Some staff may actually felt sorry for the boss
Only the very weak and insecure bosses worries about
whether they are liked or not. But
insensitive bosses are almost unaware that they are being hated or
despised. Bosses unawareness happens
because most of the time the staff kept themselves as far away as possible from
the boss. Or the boss might have put
their ‘shutters’ up.
In some cases, bosses can be disliked or resented because
they need to introduce necessary changes.
Friendship among management team sometimes makes it harder, since
there’s this element about hurting feeling comes in.
Shared from:
Maurice B. Line (2002), “Management Musings 7: No-one will
tell bosses what they are like”, library Management, Vol. 23 Iss: 4 pp. 252-253
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