I’ve just read somewhere that: “a good manager makes
you grow, supports you for good, generates enthusiasm, shows what should be
done, rewards…” blah-blah.
Let me straighten this out a bit.
Are they seriously talking about a relation between 2
adults where it’s agreed that one is the manager and the other is managed (?),
where there are 2 contracts linking each parties to a company for its development
with the full consent of all parties?
All right, so now let us go through the
assumptions they started with:
1) A manager makes you grow:
Wow! Two adults, right? May I remind them that we are in a
partnership where no matter if we like it or not we will grow anyhow together
for the time we decide to stay, the manager and the managed one! Whether ‘it’
‘works’ or not, we will learn something, it can be tough but
we’ll both definitely not be the same than when ‘it’ all started.
2) A manager supports you for good:
According to which definition of ‘good’? Primarily
the ‘good’ of the company we are both employed by of course! That means that
one day if the company decides to end one of the contracts, it does not
necessary mean the manager was bad or the managed one was bad it can just be
that the circumstances are not that ‘good’ for the company itself so your
‘good’ is suddenly not the same ‘good’ for all. Sometimes we are left to
hope it is for our ‘good’ at the end of times just in order to keep on.
3) A manager generates enthusiasm:
Gosh! If an adult has to expect from
another to generate enthusiasm on a day-to-day base in order to be enthusiastic!
What a burden! We are all responsible of our own enthusiasm. It is our
responsibility to live in the most enthusiastic possible way because nobody
nothing can pay back for the time you waste in boredom or misery as an adult. So commit
yourself: if you decide to stay, stay with enthusiasm or leave immediately!
4) A manager shows what should be done:
So we assume again one knows everything and the
other knows nothing? Interesting conception of management, totally closed to
anything new. Even somebody without experience can actually refresh the way you
see and do things by just talking about it from another perspective so
listening can be vital for anyone.
5) A manager rewards:
"Good boy"? Are we left begging for a chocolate like in a
kindergarten? Please let us all check within where our recognition lies!
First of all sometimes a manager does not really have the power to actually
reward but moreover should we keep on with this childish wording? As adults we should actually dare to renegotiate our contract while keeping in
mind ‘if I stay, I stay with enthusiasm or I leave immediately’.
‘Managing’ or ‘being
managed’ should mean to play your part with responsibility in a healthy way for
the betterment of all or… leave!
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