Comments on: Is Management Good For Your Health?

By: Exit Strategy — hr bartender

Exit Strategy — hr bartender — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:42:19 +0000

[...] Being a manager sometimes means looking beyond the check boxes on forms. It means looking at real-life situations and developing sincere, realistic solutions. No one is saying it’s easy. But it does make you sleep better at night. Best of all, it makes you a better manager. [...]

By: Some Things Never Change — hr bartender

Some Things Never Change — hr bartender — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:34:01 +0000

[...] companies slashing their training budgets right now? Wouldn’t companies want to make sure managers are prepared for dealing with these tough times? Wouldn’t they want to make an investment to ensure they [...]

By: Alora

Alora — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:20:04 +0000

I’m always amazed at how often I see technical people given virtually no career development option but management.. only to watch them fail at it miserably. Very few companies do a good job of recognizing, especially in the tech space, that Rock Star individual contributors rarely actually make Rock Star managers. And usually they are miserable the entire time.

By: Hayli

Hayli — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:43:46 +0000

Been there, done that (as the poorly managed, not the bad manager). It’s important for a corporate culture to exist that fosters open discussion of such problems as bad managers. Employees shouldn’t fear discussing these problems with the head supervisor, though that may be a bit of a pipe dream. Workers will always be fearful of losing their job or making their work environment more difficult – especially in these economic times.

Ultimately, top executives need to be willing to identify and recognize problems with bad managers instead of tuning out or burying their head in the sand. It might be underperformance or it might be higher-than-average turnover in that manager’s department. All too often, if the performance results are there, nothing else matters – but everything should matter.