Study on the worst public health crisis Americans have faced
From 2020 results: Workplaces are better if employees show love to their bosses
Everyone wants to feel appreciated and that their hard work is noticed.
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After days of searching for the best example of floundering priorities in the United States amid the worst public health crisis most of its population has ever faced, writer David Lazarus says he stopped at "the leaders’ need for love. "
Lazarus, an economics and consumer columnist for the Los Angeles Times, says he paused at a recent academic study focusing on how better workplaces would be if employees showed more love for their bosses. 2020 ».
"If my boss needs a hug, well, here's a virtual hug," he added.
We are all in this together ».
"This does not mean that leaders do not need love," he added.
We all need it.
With the year approaching its merciful end, it is astonishing how many times in recent months ordinary Americans have been asked to feel sorry for those who are politically and economically controlling their lives.
"Presidents are human beings, too," said Maureen Ambrose, a professor of business ethics at the University of Central Florida and a co-author of the study.
It is important to realize that. ”
Lazarus explained that Ambrose told him, "Almost all previous work on this matter focused on what supervisors can provide to employees ... we have ignored that employees can have a really big impact on supervisors' lives."
Ambrose called this "progressive appreciation."
"Fair enough," Lazarus said.
Let me stress again: We are all human.
We all want to feel appreciated, and that our hard work is noticeable. ”
But at the risk of appearing tough, leadership entails qualities that go beyond what is normally required of ordinary people.
“We are confident that our leaders will be wiser, stronger and smarter than us,” Lazarus said.
Otherwise, why do we follow them? ”
He noted that he supports the Spider-Man School of Management: With great power comes great responsibility.
It is precisely for this reason that the late former US President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk saying that the responsibility lay with him.
Lazarus stated that he spent most of the year dating various cases of companies that put their interests first before those of clients.
To be sure, 2020 has been horrific for most companies, as the Corona pandemic has had devastating results.
But is it justified for airlines, cruise operators and hotels to make it difficult, if not impossible, for many people to recover payments for canceled trips?
As Lazarus asked.
He also asked, "Does this allow car insurance companies to continue charging the same prices, even though they know that everyone drives their car much less?"
Driving burdens
David Lazarus, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, said that 2020 was roughly the opposite of 365 days, the year in which we were asked to feel the pain of our leaders, and to feel pity for the enormous burdens they carried.
“Yes, it was a difficult time taking a position in power,” he said.
There is no greater management challenge than management during an emergency.
But do you know?
This is part of the job description. ”
"I would like to say that a leader can be judged by how he deals with difficulties, just as you can judge a company by how it deals with clients when things get tough," he said.
Lazarus: "I support Spiderman ... With great power comes great responsibility."
• “We are confident that our leaders will be wiser, stronger and smarter than us. Otherwise, why do we follow them? ''
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