Forum menu
Maybe the mentoring is to equip you with the skill of explaining your reasonable professional opinion without being hostile. If you regularly get into situations where "you won't back down" from disagreements with your boss, that's a worry...and it's not necessarily "backing down" just because you don't get your way...
I’d have misgivings, it sounds to me like officially bureaucratised micromanagement and bullying.
Micromanagement and bullying!?!?! He's been telt to have some chats with another manager ffs
I have certainly not been rude, or moaning, but I will explain where I think things need improving, and I won’t back down if I believe I’m correct when my manager (who colleagues may refer to as dictatorial) pushes back.
this is a problem - you need to learn to back down, or back down gracefully without compromising your integrity etc etc
These things are what you make of them. Decide what you want to get out this, and stop being sarcky about it, would be my advice.
Well, we're booking a slot in our diaries for next week as we speak.....🤞
Can this mentoring lark take place outside of the workplace
Friday afternoon in the pub being mentored sounds ace. Win win. Or golf course, or a nice walk round a lake. Good for ticking the mental health, team building, covid friendly environment plus lakes dont have ears and you can probably actually achieve something positive.
It does sound a little bit like new kid is rocking the boat saying what we all know out loud, but if he says it too loud upstairs might overhear, then we will all look like tools for not mentioning ot sooner, or / and.. This is what we have been saying for years and got nowhere with upstairs, now its your go.
Sounds like a great opportunity to me. Having been mentored and mentored others you have to enter into it with an open mind.
Yes there is a lot of management bullshit and flavour of the month type stuff but that 10% that is useful can really help.
What’s his STW username?
As far as I know he's not on here. He does drive an Audi though! And not too keen on cycling so you never know!