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Will: Kiera, have you heard John isn't coming back and they might even fire him?
Kiera: No! I knew he was away but I thought it was for personal reasons?
Will: I'm pretty sure that's not the full story. Have you ever worked with him?
Kiera: A long time ago, but … well, I've heard stories about him for years.
Will: I've never worked with him directly but I know people that have and they say he was always shouting and screaming, threatening to fire people. And Susanne told me he took credit for one of her ideas. She had this idea for a project and she brought it up at the monthly creative workshop and he liked it – everybody did. But she saw the notes from the meeting and there was no mention of her name anywhere. John had agreed with her and repeated some of the things she said and the notes made it look like they were his ideas in the first place. He made her do all the work planning it, then when the project actually got started – it was that cars one – Susanne was moved to something else.
Kiera: It won an award, didn't it?
Will: Yeah, but Susanne didn't get to share it – there was zero recognition of her contribution. She was furious but she couldn't do anything about it. Not if she wanted to keep her job.
Kiera: Yeah, it's almost impossible to report people who are as high up as John is, or was.
Will: How did you find working with him, then?
Kiera: Well, you know what you said about him shouting at people? I've been in meetings with him and we all learned to keep our mouths shut. It was horrible. People were genuinely afraid of him.
Will: Did you ever see him stealing people's ideas?
Kiera: It was never that obvious. He was a genius. He had incredible vision but, you know, there was a whole team of people working with him. Not every single idea came from him and after a while it's not easy to say, 'Oh, this idea was mine and this idea was yours.' For me, the bigger problem was that you could be in his good books and then suddenly, with no explanation, you were out. And if you were out, life got very difficult.
Will: I heard women in particular had a hard time working with him.
Kiera: Yeah, well, like I said, you had to stay in his good books. So, if there was a comment that made you feel uncomfortable, you didn't say anything.
Will: Did that happen to you?
Kiera: Not to me, no, but we all knew … and no one said anything. And I was lucky I didn't have that much contact with him myself.
Will: They're doing a full investigation so I suppose a lot of these stories are going to come to light.
Kiera: I hope so. I really hope he's not coming back.
For me i think a good boss have to be friendly with his employees and also make them feel comfortable on their work place so they can also give much better when they are working.
I haven't had experience in the work field yet. I have no idea what a boss is supposed to be. But in my personal opinion, what makes a good boss is that they listen, encourage colleagues, and also take credit for their employees.
As for me, a good boss contacts with his employees and helps him in different situations. For example: in case if employee`s kid is ill, good boss should give a medical leave, especially, when kid is too small. A bad boss is always nervous, angry, shouty, and you can't have a calm conversation with him. If I understand that my boss is bad, I immediately quit a job and then go looking for a new.
_ I think a good boss is responsible, kind, a great leader who listens to others problems and their advices. He must understands and cares people conditions, circumstances. And a good boss creates a nice environment for employees. He also makes more simple jobs for them to earn more money.
_ Meanwhile, a bad boss doesn't care, understand and listn to anyone. He only thinks of himself and his benefit.
In my opinion, a good boss should create a pleasant environment around him, in which you want to work, and in which you can build trust and respect for people, encourage them. Bad bosses become those who, in turn, do not want to be leaders, give bad instructions and despise their employees, as well as those who steal from the company's budget
In my opinion, the most important qualities, which make a good boss, is resiliance, outgoingness and responsibility. Apart of these there is such quality as to be able to admit your own faults, which may be also benefitful for a good leader.
If I did some mistakes, than please correct me, I am really happy for each feedback.
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I think a good boss should have management skills. he or she should understand the employees situation and be able to take the project well.
A bad boss:
- micromanages people
- blame people for their mistakes
- doesn't care about employees career development
- looks at people like a robot and doesn't care about mental health
A good boss needs to be a leader, not someone who only say to the others what they have to do. You need to be comfortable with your boss when it comes to talk about everything related with your tasks and your job, if not, it will not be a good environment for working and it will end up affecting the good performance of the company.