Unit-13
Boss
sees difficult subordinates as burden, Whereas Leader don’t Label Subordinates
Let’s understand the
context behind which the above difference has been derived. When I say “Bosses sees
difficult subordinates as Burden” I mean, they neither invest time on one to
one with them or find out the reason why they have become difficult, whereas
when I say “Leaders don’t Label Subordinates”, they accept people for what they
are, and learn to help them overcome their problems and put them in a
developmental track.
When Bosses sees
subordinates as Burden, they will label them and work against them by reinforcing their negatives and demotivates them. Whereas, Leaders identifies the
reasons for low performance or Negative attitude to works towards correcting
it.
Once subordinates are
labelled as Burden, their good deeds are buried and they would like to get rid of the burden. Hence with a biased approach appraisal turns to
be unfavourable for the subordinates.
Whereas Leaders considers
such subordinates as people who require attention and starts approaching them
with a sense of concern and engages in regular one to one to help them perform
or change their Attitude.
Boss
sees subordinates as liabilities and try to reduce the liabilities whereas Leader sees subordinate as an Asset
and starts maintaining the asset.
If subordinates are
seen as a burden, they see bosses as barriers for growth, whereas if subordinates
are seen as people who needs a helping hand, they see Leaders
as Mentors.
Ask yourself the
following questions
1.
Do you label subordinates?
2.
Do you see some of your subordinates as
burden?3. Do you change your subordinate’s role?
4. Do you invest time on studying your subordinates past performance?
5. Do you regularly engage in giving feedback?
6. Do you hold an open discussion to understand the reason for poor performance or change in Attitude?
By answering the above questions,
you can understand whether there is a boss in you who labels subordinates and
alter your behaviour to develop a biased approach or there is a leader in you
brings out the Mentor in you, to develop the subordinates.
Train people well
enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t want to go
Richard
Branson
M.L.
Narendra Kumar
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