Keep a certain distance from subordinates

If leaders want to do a good job, they should keep a close relationship with their subordinates, which can gain the respect of their subordinates. But also to maintain a psychological distance with subordinates, in order to avoid jealousy and tension between subordinates, can reduce their compliments, flattery, gifts, bribery and other acts, to prevent the loss of principles in work.

Leaders and subordinates to maintain a certain distance in order to establish dignity. Moderate distance is good for the development of leaders' management. No matter how "democratic" or "approachable" you are, you still need to have some dignity. Being brothers with subordinates in public can only reduce your prestige and make people feel that the relationship between you and his subordinates is no longer the relationship between superiors and subordinates, but the relationship between you and his subordinates. As a result, other subordinates also began to take your orders for granted.

In addition, privacy is necessary and important for everyone. It can only be a potential danger for you to let your subordinates know too much about your privacy. Are you sure he won't make your secret public one day? Are you sure he won't take advantage of your weakness to knock you down? You can be a subordinate's business partner and work friend, but you should never become a "friend" with him.

In daily management, do you hear subordinates talk about you like this: what's the matter with Wang tou these days? The day before yesterday, he talked and laughed with us for dinner. Today, he called me to the office to give me a lecture. Later, he treated us as friends and later as our supervisor. I didn't expect that he would treat us like this after being promoted. It's so disappointing.

Leaders and subordinates have different levels and play different roles. As a supervisor, the most thankless thing is to correct the behavior of subordinates, especially when the work is not going well. If you want to be a good friend of your subordinates on the one hand, and a good manager on the other hand, and you want to play these two roles well at the same time, it will only make you thankless. Your subordinates will hold a grudge against your "double faced" behavior, while your boss will blame you for your incompetence, so you have to be angry at both sides.

In short, if you are a leader, whether you are new or have been working for many years, you should put yourself and your subordinates in a clear position. Keep a proper distance from subordinates, be close and distant.