Hello Everyone!

I would like you to think of a particular boss, manager, supervisor, or any other workplace personnel that were/are above you that you felt/feel are very good.

What attributes/qualities does this person have that makes them good in your opinion?

What qualities would enable you to respect and want to work for your in-line supervisor?

On the flip side, you might also indicate the types of things that you feel constitute a poor supervisor.

Also, have any of you worked for a poor supervisor that, over time, became very good?

I am interested to hear some thoughts.

I spent a lot of time in retail management and I always thought the old saying "Lead by example" worked excellently.
Basically never ask someone to do a job that you are not prepared to do yourself.

One of the worst I ever had was one who took all the credit for something I did and then publicly (within the office) blamed me for something wrong, which she did.

Lead by example... nice idea if people stuck to it

A supervisor should.. be confident,decisive,well mannered,well tempered,well spoken,knowledgeable of the area or field he is in,communicates well with all,know his/her crew by 1st name and should ALWAYS be able to Separate WORK from his/her PERSONAL life IN or OUT OF WORK...

A poor supervisor only becomes better when a lot of people say something to their HR rep or to the people higher up then the supervisor..

Nothing gets done by 1 person.. it takes many to get things accomplished

Otherwise why would he/she want to change?





A POOR supervisor is one who:
1.Shows a lack of compassion to his/her emloyees
2.Shows disregards for the rules but expects others to follow them
3.Show lack of interest in his/her position
4.Shows blatant favortism to his/her personal friends

There's more I know


Same here goes for employees... but that's probably a different thread somewhere

A crew can make a supervisor look good or look bad. It doesn't take long to whip em' in to shape, but when a really good one comes along we all took darn good care of him/her.

A good manager is someone who has a wide range of ways to relate to people and a solid sense of the big picture. They also need to be capable of drawing out the best in others, empowering them to be a part of a team all pulling together. Contagious enthusiasm, a very strong sense of fair play, and awareness of what to be involved with and what not helps too. I saw so much bad management in the graphics/printing fields, I went into business for myself. Ha ha! After a profitable stint in that, I switched and now head a non-profit organization largely run by dozens of volunteers who, I'll bet, have taught more about good management than any college level course ever could. They know I am paid help and yet I have their cooperation. We laugh a lot. I have learned how important it is to protect the good environment in which they work and as a result the good ones stay and the bad ones weed themselves out, for the most part. This allows me to say (and I say it often) that I have good people working with me. I coordinate who does what so we get the best possible total outcome without micro-managing and they let me, imagine that! I am more like a stage manager who occasionally proves she can still song & dance with the best of them than anything. They like calling me the boss, and I still look slightly chagrinned when they do since I don't always think of myself in those terms. I love my job and they follow suit, I'd like to think. We are the only volunteer organization of its kind in the county with a waiting list of volunteers who would like to work here - that says a lot to me. Just like real estate likes to say its location, location, location... I think management is all about environment, environment, environment.

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