Comments on: Is your boss a prison warden or a party host? http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: onesnap http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-235994 onesnap Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:40:05 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/#comment-235994 Thank you for this. I have passed it along to a friend and colleague. It really made me think! Thank you for this. I have passed it along to a friend and colleague. It really made me think!

]]> By: Managers choice, rules or limits? « Lee Iwan, Bits and Pieces of Accumulated Experience http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-4312 Managers choice, rules or limits? « Lee Iwan, Bits and Pieces of Accumulated Experience Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:14:31 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/#comment-4312 [...] Is your boss a prison warden or party host? [...] [...] Is your boss a prison warden or party host? [...]

]]> By: WordPress Exploration : Is your boss a prison warden or a party host? http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-4122 WordPress Exploration : Is your boss a prison warden or a party host? Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:58:19 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/#comment-4122 [...] Is your boss a prison warden or a party host? [...] [...] Is your boss a prison warden or a party host? [...]

]]> By: Successful managers should be breaking the rules « Lee Iwan, Bits and Pieces of Accumulated Experience http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Successful managers should be breaking the rules « Lee Iwan, Bits and Pieces of Accumulated Experience Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:17:01 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/#comment-3909 [...] Is your boss a prison warden or party host? [...] [...] Is your boss a prison warden or party host? [...]

]]> By: Alexander http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-3732 Alexander Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:13:34 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/#comment-3732 I think you're partly right Nikhil, but the important thing to remember is that most employees like being given responsibility and tend to live up (or down) to the expectations managers have of them. Treat employees like responsible adults capable of making decisions for themselves and they mostly will be. Treat the like mindless serfs who must be micro-managed every step of the way and they will be just that. Or they will quietly leave. So it's not just a matter of giving responsible employees freedom. It's also a matter of teaching employees responsibility by giving them freedom. Would you agree? I think you’re partly right Nikhil, but the important thing to remember is that most employees like being given responsibility and tend to live up (or down) to the expectations managers have of them.

Treat employees like responsible adults capable of making decisions for themselves and they mostly will be.

Treat the like mindless serfs who must be micro-managed every step of the way and they will be just that. Or they will quietly leave.

So it’s not just a matter of giving responsible employees freedom. It’s also a matter of teaching employees responsibility by giving them freedom.

Would you agree?

]]> By: Nikhil Gupte http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-3672 Nikhil Gupte Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:22:49 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/leaders-as-party-hosts/#comment-3672 Most bosses would be in favour of "Freedom" provided that the employees are responsible enough to handle freedom. Sadly, not many employees are responsible enough to be given Freedom. After all no boss enjoys bossing people around. If employees are responsible enough to not be policed, it leaves the boss more time to focus on her own thing. Most bosses would be in favour of “Freedom” provided that the employees are responsible enough to handle freedom. Sadly, not many employees are responsible enough to be given Freedom.

After all no boss enjoys bossing people around. If employees are responsible enough to not be policed, it leaves the boss more time to focus on her own thing.

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