I like how corporate slaves like to indulge in the fantasies that their menial jobs and team can be remotely compared to an army regiment and a leader fighting wars. 
 I mean you guys need to realise that u r just fucking lucky to be born in the only 50 year period in history where such weakling are tolerated. 
 Anyway, i digress. It is neither, it corporate style as it shud be.

which leader fights wars even during actual wars. they are just doing strategy from air conditioned control rooms and participate in chest thumping in the media

Software Engineer

Those are country leaders, regiment leaders actually go to war and die.

Remember that scene in SUITS when Louis did everyone of his subordinate's task in just a night, yeah, that, but I tell people politely.

Project manager

Product Manager

military general like or artist like. which leadership style is more effective for leaders as well as their teams?

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military general like or artist like.
which leadership style is more effective for leaders as well as their teams?

What is your leadership style?

What is your leadership style?- Grapevine

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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

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Leadership

Consultant

I recently attended a workshop on emotional intelligence in the workplace, and it's got me thinking about leadership styles. I've had bosses who ruled with an iron fist and others who took a more collaborative approach. 

In your experience, what qualities make for an effective leader? How important is EQ versus IQ? And how can we cultivate these skills in ourselves and others?

EQ vs. IQ: What makes an effective leader and how can we cultivate these qualities?

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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?

What was it like when you first lead a team? What were the challenges you faced? It would be great if folks can share their experiences. 

What made you get better/ things that you learnt from? 

Asking this as I'll soon be leading a small team. Would want to see myself as grow as a good leader. 

Thanks in advance!

Leadership - First time

Data analyst

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The way they speak, talk, carry themselves and for some reason every action they do reeks of badassness. Why? Discipline yes what else?

Why are military people so badass?

Customer success

I was reading up on this guy from a long time, he fascinates me and I want to be like him, low key. People who have worked with him indirectly in Google or are you in touch with anyone who has worked with him? Care to explain.


Here's the link to the rest of the thread -

 https://www.quora.com/What-was-it-like-working-with-Nikesh-Arora-at-Google

Nikesh Arora, Sociopath? Or Effective war time General?

Analyst 

How does one pick a good boss to work under as working under a good boss is most important decision for ones career?

What are some visible red flags one should be wary of?

What are traits of a good leader?

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I consider myself a jack of all trades. I run a small biz on the size. I’m quite disheartened by the lack of generalist leadership roles in companies. 

There is no natural career progression for a chief of staff. Plus, salaries for chief of staffs are not at par with CXOs. 

Is there no other way to rise up the ranks in a generalist role?

Generalist leadership roles

Director product

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

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

Are you a first time manager or do you have any questions around workplace productivity, team management, culture? Ask away!

15 yrs of exp., 2x founder, 1 exit, led diverse teams. AMA

Founder

Why does HR ghosts? Is this being taught to them in HR courses? 
In a decent work setup a simple No or Yes either on mail or text would be ideal.

Ghosting by HR

Name 5 things which is the worst about corporate culture nowdays and needs a revolutionary change?
I think about below what are your thoughts ?

1. HR Roles and responsibilities are of not much use to employees and needs to revamped
2. Financial numbers are not transparent 
3. Performance ratings and promotions are mostly biased . There is nothing professional, it’s all personal.
4. Projects are running without any management 
5. There are no leaders in actual. One who try to become are killed by manager mentality’s.

White Collar Black Sleeves

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Ask me anything except my company name, or things that can reveal my identity. I may respectfully choose not to respond to your question based on my own judgement.

Here’s a brief intro about me: I’ve worked as both software engineering manager & software technical architect over the last 18+ years on various tech stacks managing backend, frontend and a little bit of cloud. I have seen ups and downs in the software industry. Currently I’m working as a senior architect in one of the product based companies in India.

I’ve been an Engineering Manager before. Ask me anything.

Software architect

Don't get me wrong. Bad managers are bad managers, and there's absolutely no justification for that.

But I've often seen that folks have zero idea of what their manager actually do, especially in Tech. Truth be told, there's a lot of things that managers have to do which simply happens in the background, and hence, people are not aware of it.

I read this book a few years ago which absolutely changed my perspective and made me respect my management more. Highly recommend you read it. You'll get fantastic insights on how to be a good manager, the advices written in the book can be applied in your personal (interpersonal relationships) and professional (applies both to individual contributors and managers) life.

"Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean", by Kim Scott

If you've read books on leadership that changed/improved your perspective, drop 'em in the comments :)

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