Bryan Cressey offers six criteria to rate your boss: listens well, prioritizes customers, hires people better than themselves, avoids appearance obsession, admits mistakes openly, and creates an energizing team. Score 5-6 points and stay; 4 is borderline; 3 or fewer means it's time to leave.
I'm Bryan Cressey, and I'm going to tell you how to rate your boss in 3 minutes. I am going to share with you things I've learned that create success. Originally, 10 years ago, I started listing these things I'd learned for my daughters, my 3 kids, and now I want everyone to benefit from these. When your life improves, our world gets a little better. And I love that. Do you know how to rate your boss in 3 minutes? Here's how.
Bryan Cressey, co-founder of 4 of the most successful private equity firms in the United States, is one of the country's greatest investors. He's an innovative builder of companies and leadership talent, and he wants to help you become financially successful, personally fulfilled, and enthusiastic about life.
I'm going to give you 6 ways to measure them. First is the hearing test. Do they listen well? If they don't listen well, beware, you're not going to enjoy being with them as they underperform. Secondly, customers are the key to our success. Does your boss truly want to improve the customer experience? If so, wonderful, give them a point. If not, run away. Customers are crucial. Third, does your boss hire people better than him or herself? Many bosses are threatened by having talented people like you around them. If so, no point for this category. But if they hire talented teammates, terrific. Fourth, does your boss dress overly well? Are they too appearance conscious? Just handkerchiefs and jewelry coming out of everywhere and going everywhere? If so, they may be superficial. I've seen people who are too appearance conscious be disingenuous. Fifth, mistakes. We all make mistakes. Does your boss talk and criticize their own performance? Do they talk about mistakes? I've seen that people that talk about their mistakes and want to learn from them become very successful. The 6th one is, what's it like to be on the team? Is it fun or more like drudgery? I once toured a company in Texas, and as I walked with the CEO, there was an aisle with desks on both sides and people populating the desks. As the CEO approached, guess what happened? Heads went down. And as he walked forward, more heads went down. I felt like I was in a sports stadium. It was like a wave, only this wave was heads going down. Can you imagine what that relationship was? Okay, there's the 6 items. Give them 1 point for each one that fits. If your boss gets 5 or 6, that's pretty good. 4, maybe marginal. 3 or below, You're gonna be happier somewhere else. Take action. If you want to know more ways to bring joy and success into your life, explore my new book, Be a Winner, which has numerous specific ways to enhance your life and supercharge what you do. Thank you.
Bryan's book, Be a Winner, discusses how to become financially successful personally fulfilled and enthusiastic about life. Available at Amazon and all major booksellers.
