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Do You Like Being A Manager?

Name: Do You Like Being A Manager?
Uploaded: 2022-05-23T21:54:44+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this monologue, the speaker explains why many people dislike being a manager. He argues that individual contributors receive immediate praise and…

23 May 2022 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker explains why many people dislike being a manager. He argues that individual contributors receive immediate praise and gratification for their direct actions—such as closing a sale, helping a customer, or solving a problem—while managers must rely on others to achieve results. Management therefore requires delayed gratification, extensive coaching, and a shift from personal accolades to deriving satisfaction from the success of team members. The speaker suggests that if a manager persists long enough, they can adjust to this new source of reward, but those who quit early miss the opportunity to experience fulfillment through others' achievements.

That's why most people don't like being a manager. The reason for that is because most people can't delay gratification. When you're an individual or high-level contributor, most people praise you directly. They tell you, you did a great job, whether it's making the sale, talking to the customer, resolving a problem. You get instant gratification all day long because you're the one doing it. And then when you move into a management position, you have to get other people to do it, and it takes more time, more coaching, more delaying of gratification. Eventually what happens if you stick with it long enough, you adjust, and that is how you gain gratification, is through seeing others achieve. But if you don't stick it out, you never give yourself the chance to do so.