> From: Snake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 November 2006 16:26 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Employee Satisfaction > > I actually have found that being too friendly with your staff > doesn't work very well. People generally don't want to be > mates with their boss and wont relax with you, and if you do > get too chummy, your authority tends to go out the window.
It totally depends on the boss. Two of my best gaffers would happily go out on Friday night, pay for most of the drinks, and get blind drunk with everyone else - and also be prepared to take the drunken flak that came their way by the end of the night. It requires a thick skin and two faces to some extent, but it can work really well. Sometimes staff need to be allowed to vent their frustrations away from the office - it can be a "reward" just to do that at times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
