Tribute to my Boss

It took me a year to get used to my Boss’ type of management. It took another half a year for me to understand why. Now after almost three years, I am ready to acknowledge his brilliance of thinking.

My Boss, ladies and gents, is a visionary. His staff finds it difficult to understand him because he talks of the future. This is because he doesn’t tell us what to do. It is not spelled out in bold, capital letters what we need to do. Instead he expects us to think and act for ourselves. I tell you what could be, you make it real- that’s the way he leads!

However he is always misunderstood. Most people look upon his management style as lacking leadership. God knows I used to think so too! But when you think about it, what he’s doing is giving us a chance to think and also a chance to act based on our own initiatives and creativity. In essence, we will totally take credit for whatever we do successfully and be wholly responsible for our own mess.

After having understood this, I became even more motivated to do my job to the best of my abilities. I just wish that my colleagues would rise to the challenge but the problem is that they do not see the challenge or maybe it’s just that they prefer to comfortably stay where they are. I don’t know. I can’t speak on their behalf but it saddens me all the same.

Whatever people think, whatever happens- Boss, I still salute you!