Video: Manage Your Manager

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  myracloud

  04/17/07 | Report as spam

  Suggestion

  I found this video VERY helpful and succinct. It would be beneficial to have a written transcript to utilize for talking points.
  
  Thanks!

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  w.cape@...

  04/17/07 | Report as spam

  Manager styles

  Great Info. The best advice was know your manager style. How they like to receive information. This I believe is the key to the relationship. Also target you communication to their communication style. Some like info very detailed, some like just the facts. Just like relationships with regular people.

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  hrrsn252harrison@...

  04/17/07 | Report as spam

  How can Bad Managers continue to Thrive

  I had one of the most incompetent people managers (Director level) that I could have imagined -- not only did this man not know his profession -- no one seem to care that he did not know it because everyone bypassed him to come to me. He has and continues to survive at one of the top companies in this country and has been there over 30 years. He has run one person crazy; fired the most valuable person in his group in my opinion; had two complete turnovers of his support and Managerial people during his 9-10 years in the Director role and now all the company has is HIM. He does not know what customer service is; he is a bully against women and he absolutely is an embarrasment to any top leadership person especially if he has to speak about anything or give a presentation to the organization. Yet, the one person that he ran off and who should have remained while he be the person to be terminated; he was allowed to terminate on a trumped up charge that was so minor (mind me never had been written up ever for performance, had an excellent work history during the entire time and because he feared he would be outplaced -- he found an insignificant incident that he could should have been fired for because it was proven that he was lying - but because he does everything and anything that is requested by the site top official (who has so much negative baggage himself) no matter whether it is illegal or immoral to keep his job he would do it -- he is hanging on UNTIL retirement. We called it RIP (Retired in Place). He is absolutely the worst; but the company that continues to allow his performance and his behavior is even worst in my eyes -- I tried every technique that I knew to work with this guy -- but he was abusive and just plain unfit and unqualified for the role. The irony is that now I am a stockholder. Maybe one day I can make a decision about his livelihood.

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  LCAO

  05/31/07 | Report as spam

  Bad Boss

  Hi,
  
  There are people like that in the work places, plenty! but I usually believe that eventually they will be spinned out. Usually they move from company to company, how they survive.
  But in your scenario, the guy outlasted everybody else! who is or was his bosses? is there any feedback system in the organization. is he one of the key person in the compnay that you invested in (you are stockholder?)
  
  I would love to hear some comments
  
  Lan

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  trentonb

  07/05/07 | Report as spam

  The Peter Principle

  Please Wikipedia "the Peter Principle". This is as applicable today, as it was in 1968.
  This sounds like a classic "every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence" situation. This manager, like many others, initiates systematic negative selection to protect himself from threats from below.
  While identifying the problem is relative easy, it sounds like the solution may mean jumping into a hornets nest.
  
  Trenton Browne

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  sue.graham@...

  04/18/07 | Report as spam

  Manage Manager

  Quick, SMART tips, very helpful. Echoing previous comment - transcript would be helpful

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  leslieleite@...

  04/18/07 | Report as spam

  Transcripts for Video

  Thanks to everyone for posting their comments -- we love the feedback. And, I've asked to have the transcripts for future BNET videos!
  
  Leslie Leite
  BNET Staff

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  dnicholes

  07/27/07 | Report as spam

  It takes hard work to be a good manager

  It takes hard work to be a good manager. It takes time to reap the benefits of good management. With 40 years of experience as a manager, trainer and consultant, I have learned that the good managers build trust and confidence in their subordinates. Loyalty follows. But this is true with children and pets, too, isn't it?
  
  And I have also learned that a poor manager can follow a good one and produce short-term results by driving his/her employees mercilessly. Of course, that performance does not last long. The employees quit, transfer or do as little as possible to stay out of trouble. Productivity and morale fall. I call this the "Jack Welch" affect. It takes years to rebuild.
  
  Dan