I've just had my JAI and have been told that my management style is "too passive" and I need to be "more aggressive and directional with the staff." I said that whoever made this comment seems to be confusing "light touch" management - which is what this team needs - and gets - from me, as they are all experienced in what they do. I have absolutely no need to get aggressive and shouty and "tell" people what to do - I give steers, ask them to consider other options etc, but do not "tell them what to do." And apparently this is where I am failing.
I've been told that I manage the support staff very well (these are all women), but "the men think I need to be more aggressive." I have never been an aggressive manager, and I'm not going to start now. I am not a piece of piss to work for, or a soft touch. I am tough, can deliver a difficult message, turn round underperformers, and have always been seen as someone who gets the best out of people. Which is why I was given this job - to turn round the team, which I have done, and I didn't get any credit for this at all - it was just brushed over, and all the focus was on this one issue.
I am fairly sure I know where this comment has come from, and am almost tempted to turn into Mrs "You don't want to do it like that! Do it like this! As I am telling you!" and to start snarling. But that would be juvenile.
I think the whole place is getting me down, actually - I've had no real leave beyond a few odd days since last summer, I'm a workplace counsellor and have a heavy morning tomorrow with a nasty case of bullying (the sixth in as many months - yes, we really need more aggression in the workplace!), and have been refused the afternoon off to attend DD2's school concert as I "won't really be working in the morning" (oh no, a formal grievance procedure is like spending the day sunbathing)...
Sorry, just a whinge.
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Pissed off with comments about my management style in my job appraisal interview...
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MrsSchadenfreude · 06/06/2011 21:37
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