Re:Ask HN: How to Be a Decent Manager?
by davismwfl on Friday July 26, 2019 @07:55AM
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Being humble in this reference means you put the person's/teams interest ahead of your own.
The opposite for a manager is to dictate actions and take no responsibility for the outcome. A humble leader will explain what the mission is, how we can accomplish it and address each person's role with their own being the support role to make sure everyone else succeeds. Of course good leaders are doing a lot of work to make sure things succeed, but the team sees those as support to help them get to the goal.
As for not being a doormat, this is the critical part, and it means you set boundaries and do not allow anyone to take advantage of you.
The opposite for a manager is to dictate actions and take no responsibility for the outcome. A humble leader will explain what the mission is, how we can accomplish it and address each person's role with their own being the support role to make sure everyone else succeeds. Of course good leaders are doing a lot of work to make sure things succeed, but the team sees those as support to help them get to the goal.
As for not being a doormat, this is the critical part, and it means you set boundaries and do not allow anyone to take advantage of you.