If I were the boss...

…it is difficult for me to blog about this topic, seeing that I AM the boss? So let’s leave the word ‘IF’ for all practical purposes…. and allow me to say this: Could you just for once, please, give the boss a break? It is not a walk in the park.

I know it is difficult. I know some of you are running around buying Cappuccino’s for the Devil wearing Prada…I know you are blaming every single deadline-around-the-corner on the boss…I know you sometimes feel like banging her head against her newest apple Mac for not being open to your new idea…I completely understand where you are coming from.

BUT

Let’s look at it from a different perspective. Let us stop criticising the boss for once, and try to understand that, like you, the boss is also under pressure. And sorry to say but, the boss is the one taking the punch when things don’t work out. So OBVIOUSLY the boss needs to be a pain in the ass sometimes. If the boss wasn’t the one making the rules and setting deadlines, things will never be finished? I don’t say a Mugabe type of management style is the way to go. Obviously the boss should be open to suggestions from the team and be willing to learn from others’ experiences. But this ‘Boss wears Prada’ way of thinking should stop- it is recession times for Pete’s sake….ease up if you still have a job!