Love Managing People - Understanding the Quality of Subordinates

Lets make a positive frame of mind first then shall discuss about all....

1. "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller
2. "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." – Michael Jordan
3. "Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability." – Patrick Lencioni
4. "It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed." – Napolean Hill
5. "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." – Booker T. Washington
6. "None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful." – Mother Teresa

But here I am going to narrate about the team , the subordinates who helps you to achieve your dreams and visions . In many case specially you have hired people with best qualifications and you found them not at all aligned to your goal & visions then you start realizing that the team is not good . Then .....

What makes a subordinates valuable to a Leader/Boss ?

• Flexible • Interesting to chat with • A good Listener • Provides alternative possibilities to questions • Keeps the ball in play, doesn’t drop the ball • Does the work, keeps his commitments, goes beyond • Reminds the boss ahead of a deadline • Serves without being servile.

Lets see the different types of Subordinates in a typical Organisations whether it is PSU/Large Corporate / Smaller ones

1. Bureaucratic Subordinate : Delegate up in decision making to his boss to safeguard himself always and play by SOP / Rule book always .
2. Excuse Giving Subordinate : He has perfect answers for "not doing the work". He/She never takes the entire responsibility or ownership either takes a small part of work to showcase that she/she is involved .
3. Limelight Seeker Subordinate : He/she works and makes mountains of everything to show him/her that she is busy and working for the company.He/she does job as long as there is tangible benefit for him /her .
4. Rule Breaker Subordinates : She/he always breaks the rule , don't seek approval of seniors , arrange "Jugad" , always works on cutting corners . He/she is very dangerous as when he/she will leave the company there will be more surprises , so needs to be very careful .
5. The Work Shirker Subordinate : This is an employee seems to be smart but she/he is not . She/he tries to take leaves whenever possible and consumes all leaves of the organisation . She/he does not work to his/her potential and has an ambition beyond potential .
6. The Hypersensitive Subordinate: Every new challenge is seen to be a thread for him/her. He/she complains first to others and pull others down . In recent time I had an employee of this kind and we had to ask him to leave as he was the "Negativity King" in the team.
7. The Boss Managing Subordinates : He/she knows how to manage his/her Boss and his/her needs.He/she always tries to put others down in order to seen best in front of the Boss .
8. The Company Subordinates : Works diligently for the company . She/he doesn't need any reminders or follow up for his/her work .

Every person is a subordinate to someone, including a CEO who is a subordinate to the board, think of how you might be coming across as a subordinate, not too late to change !

This is an view as per an lecture attended by an Ex-CEO of PEPSICO and motivated to share with you all .

Thanks for reading !

Regards

Santosh Kumar Sahu

Director : Go Green Group - A start up from Ahmedabad into Agriwarehousing & Collateral Management where we want to solve the issues of Agri value chain .

www.gogreenwarehouses.com

Mobile : 9879443405

Email : santosh.sahu@gogreenwarehouses.com

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