Be the Manager People Want to Work For
Use emotional intelligence to transform your leadership style
BY Betsaida LeBron
SHUTTERSTOCK ILLUSTRATION
Imagine if people applied to join your company not just for the paycheck , not merely for the benefits package or the industry connections , but instead because they wanted to work for you , their ideal manager .
What is it that would attract them to you ? Your approachability ? Your agility in the face of change ? Your calm demeanor under pressure ? All of it ! Managers play a critical role in shaping workplace culture , and you can be that manager by developing your emotional intelligence and connecting with your authentic self .
Gone are the days when managers focused solely on the numbers and on sucking every last ounce of productivity out of their employees . Values and tolerance for that approach have shifted among the workforce and many people will not stand for that kind of treatment at work . Sure , poor managers may meet productivity goals with the begrudged support of the team . But over time , the approach becomes a liability to the health of an organization . It can affect your bottom line , given the cost of staff turnover and the time and resources needed to train new employees , not to mention the reality of exiting employees going to work for your competitors , potentially taking clients and important relationships with them .
Workplace consulting and global research firm Gallup estimates that the cost of poor management in the U . S . is between $ 960 billion and $ 1.2 trillion per year . Ignore the impacts of bad
22 comstocksmag . com | September 2022