Thursday, November 27, 2008

Respect Is Commanded Not Demanded

Your boss encourages your reports to walk in and discuss any issue with him. So, often you find he has information that you do. Besides, you do not like the idea that your reports jump over your head. To be fair, your boss tells you everything that is being discussed in your absence. He also does not take any decisions without your concurrence. But you feel that because of this culture, your reports respect you less. When you take up this matter with your boss, he says, "respect is commanded not demanded." You need a good argument to counter him.

What do you do?

What do you do?

PS: My views here:
Maintaining pecking order

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