2. Even fired employees liked her “My best boss was one from early in my career. She was reasonable about workloads,
provided insightful feedback and suggestions, and was always polite and professional in
dealing with employees, colleagues, outside professionals, and clients. We knew she had our
backs but also would deal with problem employees with empathy and professionalism.
I once ran into an employee she had fired who told me that they admired and re-
spected this supervisor and felt their performance deficiencies had been dealt with re-
spectfully and professionally. The person said she was given every opportunity to be suc-
cessful including extra training and mentoring but ultimately lacked the skills needed to
do the job. How many people would say that after being fired?
Every manager should take lessons from my former boss. I would work with or for
her again in a heartbeat.”
