There is a question posed on page 293 in the textbook, and that question is.
Do you select leaders based on A) their willingness and ability to teach and learn? B) The degree to which they credit the work of others and obtain satisfaction from the development and success of others?
Interesting question, too which I reply both A and B if at all possible. A good leader must be willing to continue to learn and expand but at the same time they need to teach and grow their staff. This is how a company takes a talented workforce and continues to grow what they have. But the leader must be willing to give credit where credit is due and be proud of the fact that their team came up with the idea or plan. After all it was done under your tutelage and guidance so a team member with a great idea or plan only reflects positively upon you and your skills.
I see many managers who come in to meetings and talk about this great plan that they have and all the while we know that it was one of their employees ideas, but they never mention the employees name. This shines a terrible light upon the manager in my opinion and causes decent amongst that managers employees. We are such a small plant that when a project or a change is made we inform all employees of what it is and we post it. This is terrible for moral and promoting team work, while most people will do without a raise they want their name recognized and feel slighted (which they should) when they are not given credit for something that they did.
I personally worked on a cost out project with another manager in our plant that reduced our raw material inventory by 1.5 million dollars and saved the company over 700 thousand dollars in warehousing and transportation fees. When the WOW award came down it was given to my plant manager and another plant manager. Now I know and my fellow manager know that we did the work and really we were not upset that we did not get our share of the $3000 bonus. We were upset that our name was not mentioned and we did not have the achievement placed in our file.
Which part would you have been upset with?
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