My boss has changed.
He used to be really pushy. Kind of a bully actually. My plate would be full and he would pile someone else's work on top of what was already there and never take no for an answer. Now if I push back in the slightest, he says, "OK...no problem." I thought it was just because I had been doing chemo but that's all over and others have noticed the change in him also.
This morning, he came into my office and plops down in one of my chairs and I think "Oh boy...the only time he visits is when he wants something." He starts off with small talk and we chat for a little while and then he asks me if I'll go to his boss's meeting for him tomorrow. I say sure...and ask if I have to make slides for it. He says he'll send them to me. Then we start talking about the this meeting that is usually led by our team every other week and he wonders when we had the last one. I said it had been a few weeks. He wants to know if I would take leading that meeting over from Mike. I'm like "unh unh...no way....that one is Mike's." Normally, he would argue with me about it and then force it down my throat. He likes to give me stuff because he knows it will get done. I get tired of doing everyone's job when they drop the ball. This time he just says, "Ok, I'll talk to Mike about it."
An interesting point to make here is that there are a lot of layoffs going on at our site and while my job is pretty secure because I am the only one of my kind, he and my other boss would be vying for the same position if layoffs came in our department. The other manager is the really nice one...he is SO good at what I call 'smoozing'. He asks you to do something in such a nice way that you're almost begging him for the privilege before you leave his office. We all agree that we want to work for that manager. 8-) Maybe my manager is working on his people skills so he doesn't lose his job? Who knows...for whatever reason, I'll take the relief.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
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Hey, Babe...does he read your blog? I'm glad he is going lighter on you, anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteManagement styles are very interesting, though. I have served with eight different principals, and they had a variety of management styles. I must say the male ones were much easier to work for and less demanding, but I got along well with most all of them. Interesting posting. Loven' youn's forever. Mom
Viva la change! :-)
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