I was flying home several months ago from a management-leadership program I was teaching for a company in Phoenix, and I struck up a conversation with the gentleman next to me on the plane. During the conversation, I asked him if he considered his boss to be a good manager, and he said, Yes, he is. I then asked him if he thought his boss was a good leader, and after thinking a moment, he said, No, he isnt.
This man was not alone in the way he thought. According to a survey by the marketing information company TSN, Less than one-third of all supervisors and managers are perceived to be strong leaders. As a result, increasingly larger percentages of our workforce are disengaged. According to the survey
40% of workers feel disconnected from their employers
Two out of every three workers do not identify with or feel motivated to drive their employers business goals and objectives
25% of employees are just showing up to collect a paycheck
There is a tremendous opportunity for managers and supervisors to set themselves and their companies apart from their competition. So what does it take for a manager to be perceived as a strong...
To view and download this full PLR article, you must be logged in. Registration is completely free. Once you create your account, you will be able to browse, search & downlod from our PLR articles database of over "1,57,897+" on 1,000's of niches and 200+ categories without paying a penny. Click here to signup...
