GOOD BOSS, BAD BOSS

A good boss isn’t born that way.

They learn the ropes after working for a boss who shows them the right way.

And the wrong way.

Then they choose one or the other.

What’s the difference?

Let’s start with money: A good boss knows good work and pays their crew accordingly.

The crew knows their worth and appreciates that their boss knows too.

With that starting point, things work out better than usual.

They all share a culture of being on time, being on schedule, and being accountable.

One boss, a contractor, explained his ideas on how work would progress.

It was a beautiful pitch the ended with wonderful results.

Reality hit when his crew quit and he hired his neighbors to help him mix and pour cement at night.

The job slowed down and crawled to the finish line with a wall that curved just enough to show someone took a measurement from the inside wall of the foundation instead of the outside.

And didn’t recheck before moving forward, or make a fix afterward.

His final words?

“It is what it is.”

The final observation?

It’s not supposed to be what it is.

 

A Good Boss Hires Good Bosses

The chain of command is too dramatic a term for this blogger, but it serves a purpose.

I’m the boss of boomerpdx?

In a world of hot takes and trending key words I’m the boss?

Writer, please.

I draw from a lifetime of experience and the best I can come up with is boss talk?

Yes, because I’m the boss.

But whether or not this blog post gets the traffic I hope for? I’m not the boss of that.

And it’s not the algorithms.

If I was the boss I’d be more engaging on social media instead of posting excerpts and slugs.

Why not engage more? Why not post more on Facebook and twitter?

Because writing a blog is enough.

Instead of hitting every platform with high hope of clicks, I write a blog.

I’m looking everyday for what people are up to and work it for inspiration.

Yesterday ICE people were in Tualatin, streets I drive on. 

Local comments on the Facebook post were as expected, some for it, some against it.

Good boss, bad boss.

 

What’s The Goal

There’s doing the right thing, which the contractor couldn’t do, and the right to do something, which is the ICE cover.

The right thing in most activities is stating the goal, the process of achieving it, and finding the right people to do it.

`1,2,3.

Beginning, middle, and end, just like writing works.

Is everyone happy? Happier?

 

PS: The good boss is a good listener.

 

PS: The person who knows everything and doesn’t need to listen to anything is called something else.