The best manager lets you do your work and log off after you finish your work.

LOL I agree! I’ve had managers who have pinged me on Sundays asking for work. That would be the opposite of what you describe.

Product Marketing Manager

I found the smooth talker, friendly type, less technical to be the worst. It's hard to get valuable feedback from them because they are usually sugarcoating things. Personally, I like people that are direct. Direct feedback might be harsh but I can grow from it.

True. I currently have a manager like this. She doesn't know anything technical and likes to speak a lot.

Software Engineer

The one who will have your back when shit hits the fan

In my experience the smooth talkers were good at smooth talking my promo to skip managers

My manager goes through the cycles of all the options you've outlined in a day

Approachable, understanding and giving you the freedom to explore. My manager is supercool. Proactive in giving suggestions, feedbacks and not just on my work but on overall personality development as well.

Good for you! Sounds like a wholesome manager

Analyst

Someone you can keep in touch with when either you or the manager leaves the company. And then the conversation should become more open

Doesn’t make you work after 6 or on weekends :)

Product Manager

Best manager is the one who respects the boundaries of work each of teammates has to do

- Leads by example
- Is doing well enough himself in the org and wants you to succeed too
- Is atleast 5+ years senior to you so he can teach you something

Someone who inspires you to work through his work and asks why haven't you taken any time off every quarter.

Data engineer

The best kind of manager is that who pushes you to stay in a company, then switches as soon the company goes down and lies to everyone on which company they are going.

Product Owner

Definitely not the one who asks you "Why is this not completed yet?", and when you explain the challanges the manager says "Don't give me excuses, I just want the date"

Tech Lead

One who can guide you throughout your career and enables you to grow for the next roles.

Salesforce Developer

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Best kind of manager

Best kind of manager- Grapevine

As I read few posts about leadership styles, rants about pathetic managers. Since this platform has a combination of managers & freshers/reportees.

Just thought to know what defines a good manager.

Also would like to know from people who are in the leadership role - What makes you think you are a good manager & what is that one thing u want to do to make others life better at office.

What defines a good manager?

Investment Banking Associate

Hey guys, i am going to be a manager for the first time in a company that i have been working at for 3 years and I have people joining me from monday.. any tips for being a good manager?

Going to be a manager for the first time

- Just be receptive to their thoughts, understand their povs. 
  
 - Help them understand their role and your expectations from them clearly. 
  
 - Direct manager plays a huge role in someone’s POV about the organisation, set some biweekly or monthly one on ones to understand/tackle problems they are facing. use the same meeting to communicate your expectations from them. 
  
 - One thing that is often neglected is, making sure your team members have a visibility outside your team as well. Promote a culture where in your manager also knows about your subordinates and what they are good at.  
  
 - Provide them your support towards their career goals. 
  
 - Finding a good balance between becoming too strict (getting work done) vs too supportive ( some lemons take advantage of this). 
  
 If you end up doing half of the above they will remember you throughout their career. I was fortunate enough to have two manager in my career like that. Both of them I still reach out for career guidance.

Staff Engineer

A few of my peers in my team talk tech jargons throughout the day in the workplace and do no work at all. They are the ones that are eventually promoted and I feel left out despite doing so much smart work and hard work both.

Teach me some ways to defeat these imposters and grow in my career.

How to grow your career amidst politics?

Software Architect

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What is the one best skill you would like to have in your manager?

Name one best competency of a Manager

Founder

Ok ! So when we say manager what exactly comes to your mind?? The one who can help you with any problem that comes your way. You are a support system for your team. You know in and out of your role. But apparently this doesn’t happen at start ups. The person who can just boast about the work and show off  things in front of management and manipulate things without doing  any work?

So what exactly we need to do ?? And how to learn the art of manipulation if you want to survive???

How to become a good manager ?

Digital Marketer

Basically the title. What according to you is essential for a good manager?
For me, if my manager can foster strong and sustained relationship with me / the team, the team is more likely to work more diligently.
Curious to know what are the signs others look out for?

Signs of a good manager / leadership?

Intern

What to do of an immediate project manager who is never happy with your work😌

Manager who is never happy!

Everyone is gung ho about Leadership..Leadership this..Leadership that..but honestly how many of us are really able to follow that?

Don't you have to micromanage the team members? How do you find such motivated team members?

Honest answers only.

Micromanage or not?

Project Manager

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In my corporate experience, I have observed two kinds of leaders - 1) A hard task master, very high on IQ but more often than not low on EQ and 2) High on EQ, above avg on IQ. I as a manager/ leader fall under 2) and usually get work done without authority but I do experience at times, some peers and reportees taking advantage of my behaviour

 In my view, anecdotally I see type 1) leaders succeed more in corporates even if it comes at the cost of facing flak/hate from directs/indirects. One of my previous managers was unpopular for his toxicity but somehow I kind of built a decent bond with him. Once over drinks and dinner, he candidly told me, I'm not here in this organization for making friends and I'm here only to get results and he did deliver on results every year.

My question is, can type 2 leaders even climb up the ladder specially where cut throat competition exists. Sometimes I do feel I need to be more like type 1 leaders obviously not at the cost of toxicity - disrespect, shouting etc. 

What are your thoughts?

Task Master vs Empathetic leader

Program Manager

What are your views on moving from an Individual Contributor role to a Design Manager role? Good move? Pros and Cons? Please comment below, especially creatives ✨

Need Advice on Design Career Path

Visual Designer

Lets use this space to describe our managers- 

Mine is so toxic, Has a very sad life though he is married and has one year old baby, jealous to next level,No boundaries! 
My manager is the most stupidest person I have ever come across in my life. Good managers are leaders on whom you can fall back to when you fuck up! 
Mine is so toxic that he only wants to take credit of best things done in the organization and everything otherwise he would just put on me. Keep on assigning tasks at odd hours, will msg why is this not done that not done! 
He has even tried silent treatment with me, as if that would work 😂
I mean he would try to show me that he is so pissed off with me because I choose not to attend his calls in off office hours, or maybe when i choose not to respond to his bullshit. 
Keeps getting deep into the arses of management. Would be first one to attend any parties and also the last one to leave the vicinity. 
Sometimes I feel so pissed off when I see people like him not been held responsible for a toxic culture at the workplace and how simply they just get away in a day by putting everythibg else on others. 
Being on a leadership designation, he is still so much insecure that he would leave no stone unturned to keep me out of the meetings where any achievements or good stuff is being discussed 🤦🏼‍♀️

Describe your manager

Business Development Manager

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Question to all the software engineers. 

What are some traits of the best PMs you have worked with - could be a behavioural aspect / work ethic / knowledge of the domain etc.

Engineers' views on Product Managers

All the People Managers here, comment below, 

What do you really want out of your team and for yourself at work?

Do you really enjoy micromanaging people and showing off your authority by hyper monitoring them and messing up their work life balance? Do you want to be respected and loved by your team or you just want to be feared by them to feel better about yourself? 

Using fear as a motivator does not really increase your team’s productivity you know?

Please enlighten me 🙏

What do managers really want? Fed up of toxic bosses

I have 2 Offers, both from start ups, A is a consumer faced growing startup with good & lots of work! Pros of A are: Culture seems good, maybe good quality work, peers okay! Cons are : No flexibility with WFH, package 4 lakhs less than B, maybe lots of work.

Pros of B: Higher package (+4 lacs), option to work from anywhere, dont know about kind of work!
Cons; SaaS based startup so don’t know about kind of work I would get, maybe dashboard or external services integration, WLB may be fucked up! 

What should I join? I am in dilemma, what if I join A and I get overwhelmed with work and get burned out, package also less.

What if join B and I do not get quality work and do not grow as a Frontend developer? 

Folks with experience help!!!!!!!!
I previously joined a startup, got burned out pretty quickly!

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