Comments on: Do you need to be liked? http://www.uturntv.co.uk/2009/09/16/do-you-need-to-be-liked/ Management Training and Team Building in the North East Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:55:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jules http://www.uturntv.co.uk/2009/09/16/do-you-need-to-be-liked/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Jules Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:13:54 +0000 http://www.uturntv.co.uk/?p=183#comment-37 Hi Pete Thanks for the comment. It's true that many inexperienced managers avoid dealing with so many difficult staff situations because they fear being disliked or not spoken to or whatever 'terrible' thing they imagine may happen if they do. Scoring yourself out of 10 about how much you need to be liked isn't necessarily the answer for everyone but an awareness that your need to be liked is driving (or not!) some of your key management actions is critical. This awareness, once realised, can be a positive contributing factor to becoming a better manager. Thanks for tuning in and commenting. I'm so glad you're enjoying them. Jules Hi Pete

Thanks for the comment. It’s true that many inexperienced managers avoid dealing with so many difficult staff situations because they fear being disliked or not spoken to or whatever ‘terrible’ thing they imagine may happen if they do.

Scoring yourself out of 10 about how much you need to be liked isn’t necessarily the answer for everyone but an awareness that your need to be liked is driving (or not!) some of your key management actions is critical. This awareness, once realised, can be a positive contributing factor to becoming a better manager.

Thanks for tuning in and commenting. I’m so glad you’re enjoying them.
Jules

]]> By: Pete Wilkinson http://www.uturntv.co.uk/2009/09/16/do-you-need-to-be-liked/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Pete Wilkinson Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:05:42 +0000 http://www.uturntv.co.uk/?p=183#comment-36 Hi Jules, I hope you are well. I've just watched your blog titled "Do you need to be liked?" and enjoyed it. When I was an area manager many of my less experienced store managers had a similar issue with the one you described. For them often they had worked alongside someone and been promoted when the other person hadn't. At the time I used little pocket managment guides and there was on titled "Managing Conflict." This book addressed the situation where a manage or supervisor avoided tackling someone disruptive because they wanted to be liked and had known them in a different capacity. It showed them how to state the situation, to tell the individual how they felf and to put the needs of the business first in a professional way. Once this was done normally everyone got on with their role. Thanks for the blogs, Pete Wilkinson Hi Jules, I hope you are well. I’ve just watched your blog titled “Do you need to be liked?” and enjoyed it. When I was an area manager many of my less experienced store managers had a similar issue with the one you described. For them often they had worked alongside someone and been promoted when the other person hadn’t. At the time I used little pocket managment guides and there was on titled “Managing Conflict.” This book addressed the situation where a manage or supervisor avoided tackling someone disruptive because they wanted to be liked and had known them in a different capacity. It showed them how to state the situation, to tell the individual how they felf and to put the needs of the business first in a professional way. Once this was done normally everyone got on with their role.
Thanks for the blogs,
Pete Wilkinson

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