If an employee's success is intricately linked to how good his boss is, shouldn't everyone have the right to competent management? Give your direct reports what they deserve by being a boss who is the following three things:
* Trustworthy. Trust is grounded in competence and character. You should know what to do and how to do it. And, you should always do what you say you will.
* Influential. Your people rely on others to get their jobs done. Therefore, you need to cultivate relationships with those beyond your immediate group who make your people productive.
* Team-focused. A good boss knows that a team is better than the sum of its parts. To bring your group together, give them a compelling purpose, clear goals and plans, and a culture of "we" not "I."
* Trustworthy. Trust is grounded in competence and character. You should know what to do and how to do it. And, you should always do what you say you will.
* Influential. Your people rely on others to get their jobs done. Therefore, you need to cultivate relationships with those beyond your immediate group who make your people productive.
* Team-focused. A good boss knows that a team is better than the sum of its parts. To bring your group together, give them a compelling purpose, clear goals and plans, and a culture of "we" not "I."
Source: adapted from "The Right to Management Competence" by Linda Hill & Kent Lineback
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