My first boss was the nastiest woman I’ve ever met.
Back in 2012, after months of searching for a first job in the aftermath of the Great Recession, I finally landed a stock position at an off-price retail store. Besides the hard work and early morning hours, my biggest memory of my 18-month employment there was how incredibly rude, nasty, combative and just downright mean the store manager was. True, she was accomplishing great things: she kept the store spick and span despite being in one of America’s busiest shopping malls and her leadership position is all the more remarkable considering that she struggles to control her Type 1 diabetes. But do leaders really have to be jerks?
In the last two years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on campus at CSU Fullerton and have a number of supervisors and associates that have academic and professional clout that would be the envy of my old retail supervisor. Yet there was a major difference: these leaders treated their employees, colleagues and acquaintances with respect. They were a pleasure to work for, which engendered a unique loyalty. …show more content…
To be an effective leader, put others first and inspire, not browbeat, others into following.
Danny Boyle’s new movie on the technological wizard Steve Jobs doesn’t sugarcoat the entrepreneur’s almost antisocial temper and ego. Yet who can deny that Jobs left an indelible mark on the modern
Back in 2012, after months of searching for a first job in the aftermath of the Great Recession, I finally landed a stock position at an off-price retail store. Besides the hard work and early morning hours, my biggest memory of my 18-month employment there was how incredibly rude, nasty, combative and just downright mean the store manager was. True, she was accomplishing great things: she kept the store spick and span despite being in one of America’s busiest shopping malls and her leadership position is all the more remarkable considering that she struggles to control her Type 1 diabetes. But do leaders really have to be jerks?
In the last two years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on campus at CSU Fullerton and have a number of supervisors and associates that have academic and professional clout that would be the envy of my old retail supervisor. Yet there was a major difference: these leaders treated their employees, colleagues and acquaintances with respect. They were a pleasure to work for, which engendered a unique loyalty. …show more content…
To be an effective leader, put others first and inspire, not browbeat, others into following.
Danny Boyle’s new movie on the technological wizard Steve Jobs doesn’t sugarcoat the entrepreneur’s almost antisocial temper and ego. Yet who can deny that Jobs left an indelible mark on the modern