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SuperBigFan69

SuperBigFan69

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During your time playing sports or in your career have a coach/boss you loved only to end up the next year with a new coach/boss?

If so, how was it for you?

I never had it happen in sports but it happened once at my job. The boss was universally loved and the moment he left there was already a fear/hatred for the new guy, who had not yet even been announced! ha

It has been a few years but people have come around, a bit, but they still talk about the old boss.

I think it is 100% normal and I don't really know what the new boss can do to make it better.

Or, have any of you been the new boss or coach? How did it go for you?

 
Yep.

I was 23 and hired on as a supervisor for a company. The guy I was replacing had been there awhile and they all loved him, but he had a lot of health issues and had to move on.

I didn't stand a chance.

Between their love for the old guy, and probably the BIGGEST FACTOR, the fact that I was only 23 bossing around 40+ people, I eventually moved on when I realized I was behind the eight ball from the get go.

 
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True2tRA said:
Yep.

I was 23 and hired on as a supervisor for a company. The guy I was replacing had been there awhile and they all loved him, but he had a lot of health issues and had to move on.

I didn't stand a chance.

Between their love for the new guy, and probably the BIGGEST FACTOR, the fact that I was only 23 bossing around 40+ people, I eventually moved on when I realized I was behind the eight ball from the get go.
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Yeah, I think the age thing there would all but ruin you.

 
I've always assumed I am qualified for upper management due to the fact that I am not well liked. Does this make sense?

 
Lux, no.

Bosses should strive to communicate and build a relationship with their employees. Not a wall.

I think the term tough love is relevant but don't be a prick to people.

At least in terms of public schools. Yes the principal is the boss, but he can't go around hounding and harping all the time sucking the schools life blood out of the system.

 
Lux said:
I've always assumed I am qualified for upper management due to the fact that I am not well liked. Does this make sense?
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you don't have to be well liked, you do have to demonstrate competency and good decision making, with the good sense to recognize those in the organization that can help you achieve results.

 
Coach Power'T said:
Lux, no.

Bosses should strive to communicate and build a relationship with their employees. Not a wall.

I think the term tough love is relevant but don't be a prick to people.

At least in terms of public schools. Yes the principal is the boss, but he can't go around hounding and harping all the time sucking the schools life blood out of the system.
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I was trying be funny by presenting the notion a prerequisite to becoming uooer management is to be disliked. Which, it the line of work I do, seems to be true. I digress, one should treat others with respect (golden rule) while also being a leader, not a boss. There is a difference.

 
Coach Power'T said:
Lux, no.

Bosses should strive to communicate and build a relationship with their employees. Not a wall.

I think the term tough love is relevant but don't be a prick to people.

At least in terms of public schools. Yes the principal is the boss, but he can't go around hounding and harping all the time sucking the schools life blood out of the system.
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Hey, you know my previous principal! The current one is so much better. Plus he's a Husker, so there's that.

 
Lux said:
Coach Power'T said:
Lux, no.

Bosses should strive to communicate and build a relationship with their employees. Not a wall.

I think the term tough love is relevant but don't be a prick to people.

At least in terms of public schools. Yes the principal is the boss, but he can't go around hounding and harping all the time sucking the schools life blood out of the system.
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I was trying be funny by presenting the notion a prerequisite to becoming uooer management is to be disliked. Which, it the line of work I do, seems to be true. I digress, one should treat others with respect (golden rule) while also being a leader, not a boss. There is a difference.
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ah yes. f#*k up move up. An age old philosophy.
 
It happens all the time. You like your 7th-8th grade coach, and the next year you're on the freshman team with a new coach. Then you move up to JV have have a whole new set of coaches. Then varsity and yet another set of coaches.

 
Yeah, happened every year I played baseball. There younger ages stickers because most coaches had a kid on the team.

 
Probably not what you were looking for but I attended 12 different schools in 5 different states in 10 years. I had teachers and/or coaches that I loved and places I didn't want to leave. I got over it pretty quickly. And I was between the ages of 6-16.

Personally I am not sure why an 18-23 year old can't be men about it.

 
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