What can you do when being the boss means working harder just to supervise?

by The Dragon 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  jgnat

  I'd almost agree with you diamondblue, but...

  then problems will be few

  I'm up to forty staff now, and I am NEVER short of problems. If there were no problems, they wouldn't need any managers. This reminds me of one office that kept track of customer inquiries under a column marked, "interruptions". People aren't interruptions to our business, they ARE our business! In the same sense, if I hated dealing with problems, I probably shouldn't be a manager.

  On the other hand, I assiduously try and keep the numbers down. I train and groom my supervisors. I keep them healthy and happy. They take care of the routine problems, so I only have to deal with the biggies.
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  diamondblue1974

  I'm up to forty staff now, and I am NEVER short of problems. If there were no problems, they wouldn't need any managers. This reminds me of one office that kept track of customer inquiries under a column marked, "interruptions". People aren't interruptions to our business, they ARE our business! In the same sense, if I hated dealing with problems, I probably shouldn't be a manager.

  On the other hand, I assiduously try and keep the numbers down. I train and groom my supervisors. I keep them healthy and happy. They take care of the routine problems, so I only have to deal with the biggies.

  I agree that nothing can prevent problems arising and the hard work I mentioned is dealing with those problems; its the needless problems that arise out of poor delegation, poor training, and lack of supervision which will be few.

  DB74
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  jgnat

  its the needless problems that arise out of poor delegation, poor training, and lack of supervision which will be few.

  Amen to that, brother! Ninety percent of my effort this fall was "damage control" due to a poorly trained supervisor dropping the ball.
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  LittleToe

  Ultimately we all work for someone, even if it's directly to a customer, so we are slaves to the system of barter and exchange.

  Being a successful boss means having good interpersonal skills, the ability to delegate and the ability to let go when something doesn't have to be absolutely perfect. Satisfactory is good enough, in so many cases...
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  The Dragon

  If I wanted to have to do 6 peoples jobs I would like to be paid the same as 6 people do.