The best boss you've had (if you've ever had a good boss!)...what qualities made him or her so?

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He showed me respect

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I find it a bit disappointing that the responses here using pronouns seem to focus on "he"...

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The best bosses I've had focus on getting the best work out of you based on YOUR talents vs. getting you to do the best work for THEM based on what they want it to be. At that point you just become their assistant who is just taking direction/orders.

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SHE never seemed to care about hierarchy and always without fail owned any mistake our team made. SHE fought for our team, forgoing her own raise so we could get ones (found this out a couple years after the fact).

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He protected me from favoritism and incompetent leadership.

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He cared

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He always had my back, it was never my fault--it was our fault as a team. He knew how to give feedback, he was respectful, pro-female and found ways to both support and stretch you, he strategically gave public compliment so that others would know the talent of individuals. He did not gossip, nor did he play politics. And he was brilliant. So fortunate that I had this experience for a few years. Then he left for a bigger, better pond. 😭

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find ways to use the skill set that you bring to the table and grow that skill set. good managers do everything they can to empower you and get the best out of you. they give you the tools to succeed.

as a manager, I will admit it's easy to be a good manager for an A-lister and it's hard(er) to be a good manager for a C-lister. In the same review cycle, I've had employees tell me (1) I'm a great manager, empowering, and hands off and (2) I'm a bad manager, a micromanager, and not empowering. I would agree with both. Being a good manager doesn't happen in a vacuum - it's a function of the pairing of an employee and a manager.

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She was my mentor, not just a boss.

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Promotes good work / life balance, connects with you on a personal level, knows how to make the team laugh / be lighthearted,fights for the team

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Best boss was my very first and mentor. Always pushed me for 10 more headlines until I wrote like 200. Taught me how to write, think and be humble.

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Whenever I am unhappy, he does everything in his power to adjust my account roster. He listens. He's interesting. He recognizes we are humans and not just billable labor.

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I have never had a good boss and it makes me really sad because I just want to do great work (meaning do an awesome job, though doing awesome work is always nice too) and I always continue to learn and improve in my career because that's just how I am. I've always been jealous of my friends in other disciplines who had really great bosses/mentors. Unfortunately, I've never had that, though I've had a couple boss's bosses that were great, but getting face time with them is obviously more limited. My boss now is the f*cking worst though. He's a racist, sexist, (allegedly) cheating assh*le and he makes my skin crawl.

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She was always positive, patient, and treated me like an equal.

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She was very blunt and straight forward with her feedback but always offered a why, a solution and a way to push myself. She always had our backs and understood that sometimes you just get stuck or need extra time. She never let anyone take advantage of our time. I learned a ton from her.

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Giving me actionable feedback on how to improve. Tips on career progression. Not my regular supervisor but great manager.

I have had both my best and my worst at this point in my career - both female. My best was was always pushing me to do better, encouraged me to push my boundaries and taught me to accept and deal with my own shortcomings so that I come out stronger. My worst was a woman at my current agency who is abrasive, completely ignorant of programmatic (our field), and makes a habit of blaming her people for her own mistakes or bad advice. In fact, her motto is "cover your ass".

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