A Great Boss is a Hard Find

I have had 7 jobs since 2001. I have had about 10 bosses in that time. There are studies that have been done that say that in many cases, a great boss makes more a difference in job satisfaction than a great salary. In my current role I have one of those bosses. She expertly crafted a team of individual contributors that successfully work together to build a marketing machine that adds revenue to the bottom line.

She not only put us together but trusted us to do the right thing. And because we are all highly driven individuals who didn't want to disappoint our boss, we did the right thing. We made mistakes, but when we did we were given room to figure out what we did and figure out a way to make sure it never happened again.

Building and managing a team can be somewhat of a tight rope balancing act. Giving enough to empower but asking enough back to keep track of everything. It's not an easy role and in all the bosses that I have had, I can't think of someone better than Carol. Thank you.