Boss suggestions
Jun. 25th, 2009 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bex77I need some advice on how to endear myself to my new employees on my first day of being a new boss next week.
As you may have gathered, Harvard U. is in the midst of a "reduction in force." My office is losing half our staff next week. Both my immediate supervisor, and her boss, the director, are leaving and not being replaced. So I'll take on supervision of two people I have not officially supervised before. I worked along side them, so this is a matter of slightly changing our interaction, rather than a completely new situation.
So I want to start off in a good way, let them know I plan to be a good boss, support them, protect them, etc.
I plan to bring in food. And have a chat to state my intentions and ask if they have any questions. But I feel like there is more I could do. I can't give them a raise, as we're all union employees. But what else would you recommend? Things that you'd like to get or hear from your new boss on the first day?
As you may have gathered, Harvard U. is in the midst of a "reduction in force." My office is losing half our staff next week. Both my immediate supervisor, and her boss, the director, are leaving and not being replaced. So I'll take on supervision of two people I have not officially supervised before. I worked along side them, so this is a matter of slightly changing our interaction, rather than a completely new situation.
So I want to start off in a good way, let them know I plan to be a good boss, support them, protect them, etc.
I plan to bring in food. And have a chat to state my intentions and ask if they have any questions. But I feel like there is more I could do. I can't give them a raise, as we're all union employees. But what else would you recommend? Things that you'd like to get or hear from your new boss on the first day?
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Date: 2009-06-25 05:31 pm (UTC)And yeah, asking what their goals are and how you might be able to help them achieve them could be interesting. (Of course, if they tell you they want to run off and join the circus, that could be a bit of a problem.) Let them know how they can help you to look good, too.
What things do you like in your bosses that are good? That they support your ideas, that they give you flexibility when you need it, that you are trusted to do well at what you do and that you use your superpowers for their good. So turn around and work with those.