It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I would say I'm a boss who's learning, and I hope people have the patience for the fact that I'm learning along the way because that's a tough thing.
The most challenging part of being a boss is that nobody will tell you if your work is suffering.
Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.
It turns out I'm not very good at working with a traditional boss.
I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
It's the people who are more insecure who feel the need to control and micromanage. But that's true of any profession and hierarchy with a boss. You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job, and then you have the ones that just hover around.
I think my job is hopefully to connect with people emotionally and to feel less alone or understand things in a certain way.
He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.