Three Tips to Becoming Everyone’s Favorite Boss
And how to apply them in a pandemic
I’m a good boss. I can’t deny it.
I‘m terrible at fixing cars. I’m a horrible cook. I am the worst athlete you would ever want to know, but I’m a good boss. Maybe I’m not the best boss but I often seem to be able to inspire my team to do their work and be proud of a job well done. I’m often told by my employees I am the best boss they’ve ever had. And why would someone whose paycheck depends on me ever lie about that?
I’ve been my own boss, the boss of large TV crews and now I am boss in a big corporation. There are a couple tips I’ve learned in the few decades I’ve been doing this, but nothing could have prepared me for these last few months when a pandemic sent us all working from home.
I’ve quickly realized that even though it’s a very different world right now, the rules still apply more than ever.
You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room
I don’t remember who told me this. It was very likely the smartest person in the room.
I do recall it was told to me when I was brand new at running the story department for a TV production company. I had been working from home as a freelance writer for several years…
