The better your boss is, the worse you feel when you fuck up.

[Bertha Venation]

Or is it just me?

My boss is terrific. Smarter than anyone I've ever known. Respectful. Quiet. Greatly admired, and with good reason. A classy professional.

I fucked up yesterday and he was SO mad . . . but he did not direct a harsh word at me, did not upbraid me, did not say anything like "in the future . . ." He showed his anger but did not brandish it.

I felt two inches tall.

If my boss were an asshole, I'd feel bad, but I really wouldn't care. But not with this boss.

It was our first "argument," for lack of a better word. He's over it, I'm over it. But a hangover remains for me.

Meh.

[Heidi]

1. It's not just you.

I'm like that, too. You're fortunate to have such a great boss, and he's lucky to have a colleague for feels so loyal to him. :hug: :hug:

Mornin', sunshine. :*

[Bertha Venation]

4. good afternoon, friend

:hug:

[Amelie]

2. It's like a good parent

There's nothing worse than when they're "disappointed" in you.

[MajorChode]

3. I've always believed that the most successful managers were always the biggest contradictions

Chode's 1st rule of management:

The more control you attempt to exert over your employees, the less control you will have.

Chode's 2nd rule of management:

Employees will screw themselves over more than you ever could.

That's really the only two rules I ever managed by. I've always believed that most employees will manage themselves just fine and that all you have to do is provide direction and support.

[ogneopasno]

6. Exactly. I always assumed employees would get their work done, and if they didn't, it would become

obvious and then it was time to take action. Of course, that management style got me a 60-day personal improvement plan last year, and I finally resigned because MY managers were such tyrants.

[MajorChode]

8. I've never known a tyranical manager that was productive over the long term

Most employees have a deep rooted desire to be productive. If you are a tyrant you will kill that desire. Many managers don't have the first clue about how to actually manage employees because the reason why many of them gravitate towards the profession is because they have control issues.

[ogneopasno]

9. So true. As a manager, I could never figure out why other managers were so bent on messing things

up. Seriously, it's not that hard to manage -- if you're not an asshole.

[ogneopasno]

5. So, so true. I will never forget when I screwed up for the greatest boss I've ever had.

There was some uncertainty at the company, and I had just become a manager. I was bitching to a former co-worker about the uncertainty, and because I was a manager she thought I was implying that things were a lot worse than they really were. She went to my boss in a tizzy, thinking the company was going to shut down overnight.

My boss called me in to her office, and respectfully and actually in a very friendly way told me that now that I was a manager, I needed to watch what I said, and asked if I was truly worried about the future of the company. I wasn't, and I felt shitty for spreading bad feeling around.

[TZ]

7. I know the feeling

The best boss I ever had would tell me..As long as you LEARN from your mistake and don't repeat it over and over, its okay, its how we learn..:thumbsup: