Being a Caring Manager: Do's and Don'ts
Do:
- show you're interested in both the work and home lives of the people who report to you
- ask about personal and career plans and hopes for the future
- be aware of your direct reports' concerns and what motivates them
- give your people your full attention
- listen to their personal problems to an appropriate degree
- be aware of their work situations and their efforts
Don't:
- be so focused on tasks that you have no time for your employees
- try to keep work and personal life completely separate
- get too deeply involved in the personal lives of your direct reports
- overuse your caring skills to the point where you have difficulty being firm when you need to be
- lose your objectivity on performance and potential
- fail to sufficiently challenge your direct reports
- fail to notice when your caring efforts are not wanted
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