Are you the boss they LOVE or the boss they HATE?

Did you know that the number one reason people LOVE or HATE their job is because of their boss?

You can give people more money, more time off, more challenges, but it they don’t like their boss, they’ll be gone.

So how do you be a good boss, and gain the loyalty and respect of your employees at the same time?

You’re the Boss – believe it
One of the biggest mistakes we’ve seen over the years is the person, newly promoted to team leadership, who is still trying to prove him or herself.

There was Delilah who would change people’s schedules just to show them that she could.

There was Nancy who would talk to the people on her team in a confrontational, hostile manner.

There was Bob, who simply laughed and joked with people – he NEVER corrected anyone about anything.

Bad bosses, every single one of them.

None of them had yet accepted the true meaning of being a boss: an opportunity and a privilege.

Being the boss doesn’t mean wielding power in the way someone may have done in your life.

It doesn’t mean being tough – or too nice. It DOES mean seeing your role in a totally different way. Looking at the big picture, instead of just the job. Thinking about what you want your team to become, and how you want to build higher quality in every aspect of the job. It means having the opportunity to help the people who work on your team become better at what they do.

It means feeling gratitude and a sense of responsibility that you have the power to make people love their job – or hate it. You have the power to give someone a job – or take it away. You have the power to make work a rewarding, challenging, great place to be – or a place with constant turnover because it’s boring and unrewarding. Take the time – NOW - to build your skills to become the kind of boss people want to work for – a great boss!