The other day, we had a gathering of what people call "nominication" of my part-time job (I didn't drink because I am under 20). The members were mainly consisted by the part-timers and almost no full-times were there.
During this gathering, the topic of "what makes a great leader?" was brought into the conversation, and of course I thought that it was something really related to what we are doing in RW right now. Therefore, I would like to share it in my blog :) Because we are part-timers, we often get scolded of our mistakes. However, there are two types of bosses in our workplace. One is the type who says our faults directly to us, and the other one is the type who tells our mistakes to a third person who then speaks to us indirectly. The latter was obviously the unpopular type among our little discussion. If the person talks badly about us behind our backs, it is unpleasant, mean, and uncomfortable. Moreover, I believe that people intend to correct their mistakes deliberately when they are told face to face. Thus, I've reassured my thoughts that a pivotal quality of a good leader is that the person never speaks ill about others indirectly. Not only does an open relationship between leaders and workers give leaders a good image, but also it offers the workplace a positive atmosphere that is a plus for both sides.
I thought of two different ways of telling someone of their mistakes - one that scolds and one that reprehends.
ReplyDeleteI also think that there are effective and ineffective ways of scolding. There's the type that scolds you with nice words, and show that they respect you and your mistakes.
Then there's the type that ridicules (makes fun of) you.
I asked for the period of how long something that's been labeled as "限定価格 (a type of sales)" would stay that price. The answer obviously is "forever, unless it gets priced down even more." It won't make sense if something was repriced at a higher standard - who would buy it, huh? I might have left my common sense somewhere then, but I wish that the boss would've been a bit easier on me because I'm still new to the apparel field.
I like the former type, but I'm not sure if that's me being spoiled or not :P
The latter type tends to be literally wrought a scar into my heart, which I feel that inevitably leaves a stronger impression in me.
Good point about the importance of direct communication. I would also like to say that a good leader, in addition to providing guidance and correcting mistakes directly, is also a master of "catching them doing things right."
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