While I want my coworkers to like me, I also want them to respect me as an authoritative figure since I am in the college to get a bachelor’s degree in health management so I hope to be a supervisor. Consequently sometimes people mistake kindness for weakness and will try to test your patients even sometimes your temperament. Therefore it is vital to establish that while you are approachable you can also be stern when need be. While in the military I learned this important lesson in my life when I became a supervisor for the first time. I was young, concerned more about my subordinates liking me than respecting me. It was only when a critical job didn’t get done because my guys didn’t respect my authority did I realize that I had to
