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From a corporation to a SME, employees will not stay with a company if they have to deal or put up with incompetent managers. Incapable managers in the workplace make work much more stressful as they make uneducated decisions and create more work for others.
If an employee is unable to look up to their manager with respect and in turn be inspired by their manager, employees will not stay. Why should an employee be at the mercy of an irresponsible manager? If a manager does not know how to motivate or treat their employees well, the end result is that the business will have a revolving door.
Incompetent managers also underestimate the skills and abilities of employees which is another reason why employees will leave a company. Continually losing qualified staff puts a company in a precarious position. These qualified people will go onto to be successful with another company. Overall, mismanagement will lead to a company’s detriment. As long as a company allows to have unskilled managers, they will lose highly skilled and knowledge staff.
The office seems to be the place for observing and interacting with various personalities.
Here are some more office personalities, are any of them familiar to you?
The Busy Non-Worker: Just as the name suggests, this type of person is constantly saying that they are very busy but, in fact, does nothing. Moreover, no one in the office knows what they do, what they are working on and why they are so busy. It is a mystery as to why they are on the payroll.
The Great Ruler Follower: This person not only knows absolutely all the rules in the office but also becomes very angry when the rules are not being followed. This type of person is incapable of just “going with the flow.” They work very hard and efficiently; however, they are not flexible. If they set out their day according and sudden things disturb their work flow, they become very stressed and frustrated.
The Everything-Bothers-Me-Worker: This person has huge a list of both real or imagery ailments, and some of them are quite extraordinary. For instance, this person could be bothered by noise as it triggers a migraine. This type worker may need special lighting in the office because regular office lighting hurts their eyes and again triggers a migraine. Dust, perfume, synthetic fabrics and certain types of food can make them very ill. They only eat organic non-processed food because it not too harsh on their digestive system. No one knows how this person gets anything done since everything on earth makes them ill.
Working in a team environment can be rewarding but also very troublesome. Every workplace consists of different personalities; however, when these different personalities collide and deadlines, performance and budget are all on the line—the office because a jungle and those who survive the tension, stress and all the drama associated with opposing personalities remains in the office.
Thus begs the question, “Does work have to be a jungle?” Work does not have to be a jungle. The answer is strong leadership. With strong leadership, the office becomes a cooperative and integrated team. A good, supportive and strong leader can manage team dynamics as well as the task at hand.
The problem is that good leaders, managers and supervisors are difficult to find; however, if companies do not invest time to ensure their management staff are properly trained, companies will continue to lose good employees.
Content employees do not quit for no reason. Most of reason why people quit their jobs is due to poor management. Have a look for yourself. http://www.businessknowhow.com/manage/whyquit.htm
The office can be a chaotic place as the interplay of budget, deadlines, goals, and personalities convergence; it is no wonder some people request a stress leave.
Some recommend not to get carried away in office gossip or get in the middle of office politics but just treat work as a place that one receives a pay cheque. In other words, don’t make work personal. Do what is requested, don’t rock the boat, stay out of people’s business and life will be easy.
On the surface, this solution may seem as a common sense but is it the right? At some level, how can person not take work personally? The workplace is where most people spend their day, where they make living so it would be difficult to depersonalize one’s workplace.
If experts recommend to find one’s passion in life, then work will not seem such difficult task—that in fact one would get more out of life if they spend time do what they love. So, to have a passion for one’s work involves one making work personal.
Even if a person hates their job is evidence that people take work personally as the simple act of hating something reveals that one is not getting what they want out of the job, which means work is personal.
Depersonalizing work is nearly impossible as work is a part of a person—good or bad. If a person were to completely devoid work without any personal attachment, then they are no longer human—they would be a droid or a robot.
Many experts maintain that people should strike a healthy work life balance; however, when one is beginning their career, they work many hours to “earn their stripe” as means climb up the corporate ladder. At time, when a person is trying to earn respect trust and prove themselves to their peers and superiors are they able to have a healthy work life balance?
Even if they do manage to climb to the top of the corporate ladder, once at the top, does on have the luxury of having a work life balance. Once one climbs to the top, there are even more pressures, obligations and expectations placed on your shoulders that, yet again, there is not healthy work life balance.
This then begs the questions, who in the workplace is able to have a successful career as well as have a healthy work life balance?
Does a healthy work life balance exist or is it this ideal concept that everyone wants but is it realistically achievable?
To some, work is a daily grind. A person’s workload consists of numerous tight deadlines and multiple projects coupled with the expectations place on a person’s performance. The so-called “cherry on top” are the different personalities in the office which at times can add more stress to one’s life
Below are the some personalities that exist in the office. Perhaps some of your co-workers fit some of the profiles.
The Great Pretender: This type of co-worker is extremely frustrating to work with because they brag about how much, so-called, work experience and career achievements yet when it comes to working on a project, they mange to delegate their responsibilities to others. Of course, if the project goes well, they some how manage to get the glory and they didn’t even lift a finger.
The Pathetically Lazy Manager: Working for a lazy manager makes the office a living hell. A manager that constantly forgets what you are working on because they are too lazy to put the effort in to remember what projects they gave you in the first place. A manager only organizes two staff meetings a year because they are too lazy to book a boardroom. Instead of getting up from their desk and walking 10 steps to talk you about some projects, they write an email to you that reads” come to my office and let’s discuss some projects.”
The Excuse Factory: They type of co-worker makes up some many excuses that they should seriously consider writing book entitled “The Art of Making the Perfect Excuse.” If they come to work late, don’t show up, screwed up on a project—doesn’t matter because they have effectively constructed the perfect excuse they management seems to fall for every time. Basically, if you have the right and perfect excuse, you can do whatever you want in the office.
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