Confession: I got much better at managing people & teams after having kids. Realizing it might be because gentle parenting techniques I use on my own kids at home also works very well with managing people at work. Does anyone feel the same or am I completely delusional?

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I think it comes back to the heightened patience, assuming everyone is trying their best, and really wanting the person to succeed. Different from a “directing” mindset.

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There’s scholarly work on moms being the best managers

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Agree, especially with narcissists. They seem to love being talked to like a toddler.

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And it’s probably bc they are still in that terrible two and threenager phase for life.

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Well. It’s been said that we never really leave kindergarten soooo….. this makes lots of sense.

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It means you’ve mastered the motherhood. I’m curious to start looking at work from mom- lens. Thank you for prospective

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Definitely. There are a lot of parallels! When I train others to be managers, I have to consciously hold back on parenting analogies

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It works especially well on board members lol.

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Agree. I say all the time it’s just like parenting. I think of it as setting expectations plus seeing potential plus correction/feedback.

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Yes I absolutely agree

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