julie shipp<\/a> is, \u201cto go shoulder to shoulder with you\u201d? or the leader who relies on constant and pointless check-ins?<\/p><\/blockquote>\nif you\u2019ve never spent time at a retail tax prep office, you may not be familiar with the stampede of people who show up as soon as they get their w2s so they can get their eitc refunds as soon as possible. this office was in a low-income area, so for a few weeks in february, when the doors opened at 9 a.m., we had enough people lined up outside the door to keep us busy until noon or beyond.<\/p>\n
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i wasn\u2019t quite synced to the notion of getting to work absolutely on time yet, so for a few days one week, i was a bit late to work. not hugely late, but late enough that my co-workers were already paired up with clients when i walked in the back door. on the second day, as soon as i was seated, my boss ralph bent to my ear and quietly said, \u201ccan you do me a favor? can you leave your house 10 minutes earlier in the morning?\u201d<\/p>\n
i was never late again. i suddenly understood how bad it looked for ralph to have me walk in late and that my tardiness made one of the clients wait until i arrived, which had a cascading effect the rest of the morning. i also saw how hard he worked and how committed he was to helping people in our community get their taxes filed.<\/p>\n
ralph\u2019s gentle approach to leading his motley crew made me loyal to him. i worked for him the next year and would have put in a third year if i hadn\u2019t been offered a last-minute tax season internship at a local cpa firm.<\/p>\n
my experience in public accounting was what i call medium bad. not the horrible experiences of a friend who put in 48 hours straight on an audit or the co-worker publicly scolded for losing a document she\u2019d never had. but bad enough that i eventually left the profession entirely.<\/p>\n
i spent 11 years at a smallish firm in albuquerque. in my last fall there, the mood was edgy and uncertain. four people had left our 15-member firm since june. three of them had worked with me for a decade. those left wondered if we\u2019d be the next ones to get axed. or if we should take our ambition and our skills elsewhere.<\/p>\n
that november, i was spending my days on a business valuation project for a contentious divorce. because the books hadn\u2019t been kept up to date since the soon-to-be ex-wife separated from her husband, i spent days compiling expenses from receipts and credit card statements and weeding out the personal expenses scattered throughout. it was super-detailed and manual work that took a lot of focus. (yes, i know \u2013 i could have used tech to automate most of that work, but no one at that firm was aware of that possibility.)<\/p>\n
one of my bosses walked past my office every morning to get to his office. he had developed the habit of walking past my door, briefcase in hand, and stopping two steps beyond it. he would pause for a few seconds, then walk backward two steps to put his head in my door and ask me, \u201chow\u2019s that business valuation project coming?\u201d<\/p>\n
he was never really after a serious answer. it was walk-by management. if i did have a question, he\u2019d generally put me off with a promise to follow up later (which he rarely did). he wasn\u2019t motivating me to get the work done faster. that little distraction drove me nuts.<\/p>\n
one day, i snapped and told him, \u201ci would get it done faster if you would just let me do my work.\u201d that, in turn, caused him to snap, and he stepped into my office, slammed my door shut and started yelling at me about my attitude. i said i didn\u2019t appreciate his micromanagement, and he countered that he was just ensuring the work was done.<\/p>\n
in an instant, something shifted in me. a voice inside told me to let him win, that this battle wasn\u2019t worth it. so, i apologized. the look of smug triumph that flashed over his face let me know he had just shown me his true colors.<\/p>\n
he destroyed the few remaining shreds of loyalty i\u2019d had for that firm. i had zero desire to follow him as a leader any longer.<\/p>\n
admittedly, i could have handled that better. but that incident was the catalyst i needed to leave a firm where i had zero opportunities for future growth. i had stayed as long as i did because i liked the people i worked with. however, most of them were either gone or on their way out by then.<\/p>\n
and in retrospect, i don\u2019t blame my boss for his reaction. he was doing the best job he knew how.<\/p>\n
a few days later, one of my accounting friends connected me with a tiny cpa firm looking for help. within a week of that incident, i gave my notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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