In today’s second installment of Maria and Michelle’s ‘The Best and Worst Of’ series, our hosts take a good hard look at the bosses they have encountered during their careers, and the qualities and characteristics that made them either the best or worst. As they state, everyone has experience with both of these types of leaders, so please be sure to share your stories, opinions, and criteria for leaders on their social platforms where you will find that they have done the same.
In this episode, Michelle kicks things off with her best boss ever and the qualities that made her the best, and Maria quickly follows with her own example. Michelle then explores the two sides of micromanaging, and then she and Maria discuss the importance of leaders having vision, some characteristics of their worst bosses, REL Talent’s perspective on leadership, and the notion that leaders can have both types of qualities. Once again, our two experts have a great deal of experience and information to share today, and they are looking forward to hearing your views on this ever popular topic, so be sure to share!
The Finer Details of This Episode:
Quotes:
“She never had to apologize for the things she said, she used a lot of humor.”
“She would fight tooth and nail to defend us, but if she knew that we might do something, she was totally going to call us out.”
“She would defend us or correct us appropriately.”
“His, you know, emotional intelligence was really spot on when it came to his team.”
“It’s like I was speaking a different language than he was.”
“Nothing I did was ever right.”
“Leadership is ultimately you as a people leader getting a group of people that report to you to do what you need them to do the way you need it done, and, hopefully, they like it in the process.”
“I hate the idea of leadership style.”
“You will never be all of the right things to all of the people.”
“You have to start making decisions on what is okay and what isn’t okay.”
“It’s also okay for you to say ‘We have this one thing that we disagree upon or that I don’t appreciate about them’ - it doesn’t make them a bad boss.”
Show Links:
REL Talent homepage: https://www.reltalent.com/
