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The boss role does not have to enforce subordination, there's multiple styles of management which encourage self-leadership in terms of what people work on and
by coderintherye 6y ago
The boss role does not have to enforce subordination, there's multiple styles of management which encourage self-leadership in terms of what people work on and how they do it. I'm personally a fan of David Marquet's "Leader-Leader" style.
But, because so many people expect to be subjugated in their roles it does require some hurdles to get past normal societal expectations and not everyone is a fit for it, some people just want a task list and to be told what to do. I think the world could be a better place if we could effectively help people sort into the companies with the leadership style that best suits their working style.
- whatever_dude 6y ago> so many people expect to be subjugated Was thinking something along the same lines. I work in an environment where a tiny bit of self initiative does very well for one's work and career, and still some people can't get it over their heads. Unless something is very clearly stated somewhere, they won't do it no matter how obvious it is, even people who are trying to get a promotion. I swear sometimes I think people would let the office burn because "yelling fire!" is not of their stated position responsibilities.
- neatze 6y agoThis primarily can be attributed to how people perceive risk and risk aversion mechanisms, don't think this would be false to assume it also relates to responsibility. Self initiative people willing to take more risk and thus responsibility if things don't work out, where not self initiative people if things don't work out, take substantially less responsibility by default.