Boss/employee relationships

Posted by Jorge Bernal March 03, 2007

Nacho writes about a nice article at Note from boss to employees. If you follow through the original article, you can find a comment reversing the meaning of the letter (from employee to boss).

I guess both are true. And I guess there are two conclusions to extract from the letter and the replay:

We are all human. We all make mistakes
Since we all fail, fluent communication is vital for the health of a company (or any other kind of organization)

So I think you can ask an employee some level of empathy if you aren’t offering the same, and viceversa. It’s not so difficult. Remember, just be nice. There’s always a story behind.

Update: via Lifehacker I found an article called A Manager’s Guide to Growing Happy Employees. The key points in this case are:

Manage people first, do your own work second.
Delegate your best work.
Help people get recognized.
Make projects relevant to people, not companies.
Align yourself with your boss.
Work reasonable hours.

And I think the last paragraphs summarize all the previous steps quite well

The best way to think about management is to treat everyone like an unpaid intern.

Each day, your employees ask themselves, “Am I getting enough out of this job to keep doing it?�? And each day, you need to give them a reason to say, “Yes.�?

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