Bad Bosses
There are bad bosses. And there are good bosses. You can't escape them until you quit you job or change positions within your company. It depends on your perspective about your boss too because in reality that boss might be doing his or her job. The problem for most people is that they keep thinking about their bosses and what they are doing to them and how unfairly they treat them. And that's the trick that will put people in a never ending thinking loop until they find another job. Such a waste of emotional energy. Just not worth it.
If you feel your day with your boss was not good then for a second put yourself in your boss's shoes and think how his or her typical day might look like. How would you have reacted if you were in that place? Would you make similar choices? The moment we switch places, our perspectives changes. For the most part, I believe it is the communication problem that keeps the other side thinking wrong stuff that they are not suppose to think in the first place. For example, if a boss can just tell the employee that today is just not a good day please bear with me.
Most of our life is spent working. We have to deal with bosses more frequently than we meet and talk with even our family sometimes. And it can be very hard to survive and deal everyday if one has a bad boss. Our personal life can be affected by this. It is very important for us to gel well with our boss. It is highly unlikely that your boss behavior might change overnight if he/she has been treating you unfairly or any other misappropriate way. However, you can do few things to overcome a bad boss and I tried to cover just five of them below. Read at your own risk though as I am no expert on it.
1. Consult different people over this situation and be honest. If you are honest then people will tell you the truth and advise you over the right thing to do.
2. Be open and think wisely. You can just ignore and keep doing awesome job and hope things might improve. Sometimes a highly unrelated situation might force you to think different stuff about your boss which might not be good. Just ignore it.
3. Don't judge your boss based upon someone else's opinion or thinking. This is quite prevalent in many work places. Rumors and gossip just amplifies things which they might not be true in the first place. Judge based upon first hand information.
4. Talk things out with your boss. Clear cut communication with your boss will help you sort things out. Be persistent and communicate often. If it does not work out, then you know that the place is not right for you.
5. Listen to everybody but do what is right for you based upon your situation. Like every disease has its own prescription, do what is right for you. So don't take AIDS prescription for a minor fever.
If you feel your day with your boss was not good then for a second put yourself in your boss's shoes and think how his or her typical day might look like. How would you have reacted if you were in that place? Would you make similar choices? The moment we switch places, our perspectives changes. For the most part, I believe it is the communication problem that keeps the other side thinking wrong stuff that they are not suppose to think in the first place. For example, if a boss can just tell the employee that today is just not a good day please bear with me.
Most of our life is spent working. We have to deal with bosses more frequently than we meet and talk with even our family sometimes. And it can be very hard to survive and deal everyday if one has a bad boss. Our personal life can be affected by this. It is very important for us to gel well with our boss. It is highly unlikely that your boss behavior might change overnight if he/she has been treating you unfairly or any other misappropriate way. However, you can do few things to overcome a bad boss and I tried to cover just five of them below. Read at your own risk though as I am no expert on it.
1. Consult different people over this situation and be honest. If you are honest then people will tell you the truth and advise you over the right thing to do.
2. Be open and think wisely. You can just ignore and keep doing awesome job and hope things might improve. Sometimes a highly unrelated situation might force you to think different stuff about your boss which might not be good. Just ignore it.
3. Don't judge your boss based upon someone else's opinion or thinking. This is quite prevalent in many work places. Rumors and gossip just amplifies things which they might not be true in the first place. Judge based upon first hand information.
4. Talk things out with your boss. Clear cut communication with your boss will help you sort things out. Be persistent and communicate often. If it does not work out, then you know that the place is not right for you.
5. Listen to everybody but do what is right for you based upon your situation. Like every disease has its own prescription, do what is right for you. So don't take AIDS prescription for a minor fever.
Note: This blog post in no way reflects my opinions about my current employment or my boss. This are my observations in general and my research during my MBA studies. Finally, these are my opinions and please assess your situation independently and act at your own risk.
