author: Leading Her Way
october 17, 2024
What’s our Soft Boss Era?
We are Soft Bossing and here for the managerial style our founder Miriam adapted which basically contrasts with traditional authoritarian or directive leadership approaches.
“It’s not business, it’s personal”.
Miriam’s focus is on empathy and emotional intelligence. She fully prioritizes understanding and empathizing with her team’s perspectives and places tremendous importance on building positive relationships and trust within her team.
Rather than making unilateral decisions, Miriam involves her team members in the decision-making process and truly values the input she receives.
In her Soft Boss Era, she puts importance on acting as mentor and coach, guiding her team towards personal and professional growth. Soft Bosses give constructive feedback and with that foster opportunities for development rather than focusing solely on critique.
For us, Soft Bosses are highly self-aware and flexible in their management style, with that adapting to the needs and preferences of individual team members, not letting their ego get the best of them. We understand the importance of work-life balance and accommodate requests for flexibility and truly recognize the significance of wellbeing of the overall team. Soft Bosses don’t only support with stress management but also make sure their teams take breaks when needed and encourage to be truly offline when being out of office.
When you are in your Soft Bosses Era, you emphasize on using positive reinforcement to motivate and recognize your team’s achievements and efforts.
We truly love celebrating the success of our team and boost a supportive environment where everyone feels valued. Open communication and transparency are key here. Promoting open communication channels where the team feels comfortable expressing new ideas, but also concerns and feedback.
Overall, LHWs Soft Boss Era represents a shift towards leadership styles that prioritize employee wellbeing, aiming to create supportive and productive work environments for everyone, which are sustainable on the long-run and hopefully lead to the end of hustle culture and burn-out. It’s a collective effort for all of us. Thank you for following along.
Does this resonate with you? What is your experience with leadership so far? We would love to hear from you!
