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| Signs you've got a good superior. |
I have put together a quick list of all superiors I have worked
with in my years of work. A couple were good but others were just overbearing
and above all, unbearable. These days, the latter are very much in the
majority. A study conducted revealed that close to 80% of employees are tensed
out at one point or the other in their working life, since their superiors are
just bad and unreasonable.
Then, at some moments of my career, I had the opportunity to lead or manage a group of persons which exposed me to what actually makes a good superior. Having to successfully lead or manage a group of persons with different mindsets and orientations never came easy, yet we prevailed. Below, I put together 10 significant signs which preps your mind that, you got a good superior. They are as follows:
1. Your superior encourages
you
This can take the form of reassurance and encouragement to do
more. They both move hand-in-hand and the outcomes or results from employees
can be remarkable. Once you are encouraged that you are doing the right thing,
then you can succeed at anything. Superiors who encourage the subordinates and
push them in everything they do, end up getting the best out of their staff.
2. Your superior avoids
micromanagement
Any superior that chooses to do other than eschewing
micromanagement, is likely to get little done and achieve little in the long
run. Workers’ responses to micromanagement can span from discouragement to a
sense that they will never be given the room and space to operate on their own.
A superior who takes part in this feels he knows better and cannot trust the
workers whole heartedly.
3. Your superior appreciates
your skills
A fantastic superior will soon become acquainted with individual
talents and skills. It is a great quality when a superior resort to delegating responsibility when the time comes. They will devote one-on-one moment to discovering what you love most at work, your aspirations, and where you are going. This merges beautifully into skills development and, expectantly,
promotion. You have the feeling that you know where you are headed and so does
your superior.
4. Your superior can take
the blame
At times, an unreasonable superior will do all in their power to
direct blame on to an unlucky team leader or member, when the defective
decision was definitely his own doing. Now the great superior will take blame
and responsively take staff through the analysis of failure and the lessons to
be learned. A super superior is a great and unique example for workers to follow
and this will stop them from dabbling into the politics of blame game.
5. Your superior is
welcoming and sociable
Everyone can recount an experience with a cantankerous and
ill-tempered superiors, without mentioning oppressive and cruel ones as well. If
your superior is friendly and sociable it really helps you to discuss a
challenge you are facing and how to solve it.
6. Your superior can
communicate well
You know precisely what you have to work on or do and by when.
Your superior has communicated all to you in clear terms and this makes meeting the deadline much easier. Difficulties come up when a bad superior is so poor at communicating anything.
7. Your superior has a limit
on regular and laborious meetings
Imagine what really gets on employee’s nerves? Surely, you
predicted right, all those unending and often, hopeless meetings. Employees feel that meetings should be used for thinking and
delivering progress reports. Meetings should assist, other than hamper output.
Efficient superiors know that and put that into practice.
8. Your superior focuses on small wins
Workers are highly motivated when their superior takes note of
the small wins or infant steps headed for the big goal. A great superior will
make sure that employees are appreciated, be it in an email or a phone call. It
delivers results every time and motivation goes up.
9. Your superior is a good
listener
Many superiors commit the blunder of speaking far too much and
hindering workforce opinions or views. Workers sit still and become apathetic. A
prodigious superior will protect her stance when she is aware she is right but
will also provide a listen ear when she thinks, she may be wrong.
10. Your superior does not
claim absolute knowledge
Not presuming you know everything or have absolute knowledge is an excellent attribute since it is what James Meacham, a psychologist, defines
as the “approach of wisdom.” These superiors are aware that there is a fine
balance between knowing and doubting. This is mirrored in the employees who
feel that they will be consulted and encouraged to provide inventive ideas,
when suitable.
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