Does your boss do this?

25 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Eric Siu. This content was uploaded by Eric Siu. This is a YouTube video titled "Does your boss do this?" (uploaded August 25, 2023). The excerpt is an informal multi-speaker discussion in English about management and accountability: Speaker A argues that accountability should not shame or punish employees, that people perform better when they feel good about themselves, and that the best managers make employees' lives easier rather than harder. Other participants provide brief agreeing interjections. The topic centers on leadership style, employee motivation, and effective accountability.

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A lot of people associate accountability with being mean or punishing, but I think that actually is worse because think about somebody likely to change or to change their behavior or to do better in their job. Do they feel bad about themselves or good about themselves? People who feel good about themselves, they have a healthy sense of self-esteem, are more likely to perform in their job. Oh, totally. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So if I hold them accountable in a way that makes them feel like shit, are they actually going to even be able to improve? The best managers just don't make people's lives harder. Yep. And actually, in reality, most managers and leaders make the people that work for them's lives harder, not easier.