You Are Not My Manager, You Are My Leader

 Hello, everyone!

It is a time for us to share with you our opinion. Likely, what we have posted before: What Employee Think About Your Company? and The Advantage of HR Personnel. Of course, you can read them later after you complete reading this post.

We guess what we are going to share with you here just like the experiences that she got when she had a job in the year 2017- a year that had made her grown-up. She had told us, I and Yingshan, about her Ex-Manager in the company. Until now, she keeps thinking that her Ex-Manager was the best leader she ever had. She said The Manager could be an idealistic person, but also she could be a real person. The manager could be someone who delegates her team well and lead the team just like a best friend who supports each other. A best friend? Is it really exist?

 

She said her Manager once was offered a Sales&Marketing Head Division by the CEO. But, she refused it. Because she didn’t have any experience in the marketing industry. Nevertheless, approximately in half and a year later, the CEO offered her again to be a Finance/Accounting and Administration Head Division. Fortunately, she accepted it. She said the position was suitable for her since she had experienced as a Financial System Business Consultant. Because of that, she also had a double job in the company: a Finance/Accounting and Administration Head Division and a Business Consultant. Can you imagine how tiring is it? But, she could negotiate her worktime with the CEO. It worked! Unfortunately, she decided to resign since she wanted to maximalize her potential in the political section. Well, it is her decision.

 

Hereby, some of the examples she shares with us refer to her Ex-Manager’s attitude at the time. Let’s decide if these ones are referred to the Leader or Managers.

 

1. She is telling not asking

Our supervisors usually asking for doing something, both if it is our duties or it is only something that she/she couldn’t handle for a moment. In other words, she would tell us before we do the (additional) task. That’s right! It is what The Ex-Manager of hers did. Perhaps, she thinks about responsibility. She makes an example first, and her team will follow under her control.

 

2. Let’s discuss and no need to get mad

As long they were teaming each other, she claimed her Ex-Manager never scold them. Or else, someone in the company has never been scolded by her. She always is kind to everyone. When something didn’t work right, she only said: “Hey, something is bothering your mood? Is there something you think about? Here, I listen up”.

 

3. Never scold a team in the public

It is still related to number two. When personnel in the team make a mistake, she invites the person to comes to the next room and talk to each other. No, she does not get mad. In the next room, what they do is having chat. That is.

 

4. She has our back to the CEO’s eyes

We work well with her as a teammate and someday a CEO ask they to discuss a job, her Ex-Manager wouldn’t let her team face it by themselves. When she works outside and the CEO is in the office, she asks the team to tell anything they are discussing with her supervisor. The next day, she has a meeting with the CEO and clarifies everything she should do.

 

5. She knows the ideal things, but also she knows how to be realistic

Being idealistic is good. In our opinion, it is the way we know that everything should be put in the right place. But, if something does not work like what we think, as usual, we cannot defend it as what we want to. We should see it from other perspectives. The Ex-Manager had taught her about it. And, change her mindset about idealism.

 

Hey, how are they? Do you think about something or someone while you are reading it?

Speaking truthfully, we do not mean to point someone who relates to this post. We want to show you there is a woman who used to be called by Manager. She isn’t an ordinary person to be a Manager. She is truly a Leader. Of course, she and her teammate felt down when their leader left the company.

 

We hope this post would be your insight to reflect our attitude to each other. Are we already doing something good for other people, or it is make people talk behind us?

Finally, we are done write down our opinion based on what our Author had told us about her inspiring Ex-Manager. Once again, keep something inspirational to get the best version of us in the future. Like what Ally does. Cheers!

 

 

Regards,

 

L.Youxi

 

Dear Bosses, what your new employees think about your company?

Dear Bosses,

I will represent your new employees or some fresh graduates thinking when they enter your company for doing their first experience of work. I understand if these ones can not highly relate to your company since every company has its own standard of operation (SOP), right? But, I hope you got some insight about what your employee wants as they work under your company, likely the facilities they will get, and the pride to work in the organization. I guess this is the reason how important a Human Resources (HR) staff’s duty in the company. They will keep the company's reputation in the public by recruiting good employees and provide the best support system for the employees inside the office building.

 

Hereby, I do not talk from an HR point of view. But, I used to handle HR administration and recruit one or two new staff. I want to share some insights from new staffs when they enter the door’s company on their first day of work.

 

Disclaimer: It is all about some fresh-graduated employee thoughts, count in me and my friends when we had a job interview for some companies.

 

Let’s get started…

1. What will we get from your company?

We know the main reason we applied to the company is that we need a job, a monthly pay so we could survive in our daily life. Also, people said that the first company we enter after graduate from school is the best way to add more value and skills. We do not expect we look for another company or job if the organization makes us improve a lot.

A good leader, an organized structure, a solid teammate, and etc. We expect we get this information from the HR department at the time they call us for the job interview.

 

2. Are our supervisors care enough about our private life?

I mean, this statement is about a work-life balance. People expect they got a work-life balance. We come to the office building at 8 a.m. and finish our work time at 5 p.m. That means, our-nine-hours, from Monday to Friday we give for the company. Then, let us enjoy the rest of our hours in a day for our personal matters to have some quality time with our beloved family and friends. Thank you.

 

3. What pride to be a member of your company?

Based on some stories from my friends who work in different companies: from small or start-up companies, middle-level companies, and five-starred companies, I believe it will set our mind to have pride being one of the members in your company. It is like:

“Hello, it is me. I am ____. And work in ____”.

If I still handle HR responsibility, I would be proud of my coworkers say it to their relatives' outside organization proudly. It will be the HR department's key to success to bring a good reputation to the public.

 

4. Do we have an independent department?

What is an HR Independent? What is it like?

In my deep opinion, HR Departement should be stood by its feet, and ha no interfere with other departments. Why? Because HR personnel would arrange all of employees matters—employee personal data, employee family members data—of course, the salary that employee would get in the period. Those are basic kinds of stuff that another employee from another department can not overhear. If I could illustrate it, the HR Department area should be located at the end of the corridor in the lowest level or highest level of the building so that not every person or employee could reach it. Hehehe.

How will HR personnel work?

As an independent HR personnel work, their duty is to bridge between the executives and the management; and most industry also has HR personnel to bridge the management level and the staffs. It depends on their needs.

In comparison to my friends’ experience work in the companies with an Independent HR Departement and which have not independent HR yet:

- With an Independent HR Department, employees would feel safe about their rights; they could guarantee their life insurance would be saved under the company; and of course, employee trust to the company will be an increase, as well.

- On the other hand, I think I no need to write it in full since it’s kind of contradictive things.

 

5. How is our Health and Safety Environment?

Oh, I already told you a bit about this part in the last paragraph of the previous number.

Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) the program would have a close relation to governance regulation, especially in human resources ministry. The state—I mean, the government has the best rule for all workers in the land, including the pieces of stuff about health, safety, and the environment in the area of working. Next, the company—the top management and HR Departement would adjust the regulation into the organization culture. So, employees would get an advantage from it.

 

JJJ

Alright, I think it Is I want to share with you all. I hope readers who read this blog post will get some insight into the basic duties of HR staff, and give your respect toward them. Their duties not only about your satisfaction to work in the company/organization, more than that they hold a big responsibility. It is trust.

And now, you can go on to scroll down this blog and get some of your interest here.

Thank you.

 

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