Which Is Better: Being A Boss's Favorite Or A 'trusted' Team Player?

Dear All,
After reading all above perspectives;I am still in dilemma. I have recently joined a small group. It’s a manpower supplier agency in security services. I have been told to construct the policies for entire staff. The mess is prolonged one, as never any rule & regulation is made & maintained!! These policies will be in focus of especially for field officers who are monitoring guards at Clients sites. I am on my way; where as I feel once I start implementing the policies how my crowd will take me..?? & if I be in the team’s favor, I may face offended management!!!
Folks, I need your guidance.
Regards
Manasi

Dear Mr. Nikhil,
Nice to see your reply. No doubt, our perception level differs and takes time to amalgamate the same. For this, we have to continue brainstorming until we make our organisations operate based on UNBIASED PRINCIPLE'S that BENEFITS/MOTIVATES EMPLOYEES, ENHANCES EMPLOYEE LOYALTY resulting PRODUCTIVITY that benefits ORGANISATION.

A) Kindly don't eliminate BOSS out of the picture. Without BOSS, its difficult to produce the movie because BOSS is the PRODUCER and employees are the ACTORS/ACTRESS. When employees become PRODUCER'S, they are known as "STAKE HOLDERS"...kindly correct me, if i am wrong.

B) Everyone is discussing about his boss/superiors rather having discussions about "THE PRINCIPLES OF ORGANISATIONS" because the "BOSS" is the "DECISION MAKER" and much more than that. A true BOSS is a PERFECT LEADER(PARTICIPATIVE/COOPERATIVE/DIRECTIVE) and held responsible for everything as he the one who drives(GROWTH/PROFIT OR FAILURE/LOSS) the whole organisation(employees). But then a query is raised on what principle's a Boss wants to run/manger/steer his organisation. An organisation is an entity(it has no life) and EMPLOYEES constitutes the organisation.

C) Kindly don't conclude that, ENTREPRENEURS are habitual of taking risk to propel their organisation without seeking EMPLOYEES SUPPORT. EMPLOYEES do take enormous amount of risk to propel their organisation to the PINNACLE OF GLORY. ITS A TEAM WORK. Only such employees have enormous potential to LEAD TEAMS and scale up to the MANAGEMENT LADDER.

D) "BEING A BOSS FAVORITE" is a flimsy/cheap mentality selfishly promoted and practiced by EMPLOYEES and BOSSES to get their Professional & personal things done but, TRUSTED TEAM PLAYER is a TRUE EXAMPLE OF BEING A HONEST, SINCERE, DEDICATED, HARDWORKING and LOYAL EMPLOYEE.

E) Why no one had raised a query, instead of becoming BOSS FAVORITE, "Why one can't be a ORGANISATION'S FAVORITE and What makes(associated factors) one to become ORGANISATION'S FAVORITE?" Hope this makes sense.

F) A TRUSTED TEAM PLAYER's vision "WHAT BEST CAN BE DONE IN FAVOUR OF HIS ORGANISATION FOR MEETING ORGANISATION OBJECTIVES" but A BOSS FAVORITE is interested about his PERSONAL GROWTH FACTORS, for that he is ready to do anything to convince his/her boss without even evaluating the POST CONSEQUENCES.

G) The word BOSS FAVORITE should be erased with immediate effect, which is the one of the reasons for arising conflicts between employees. BOSSES should promote employees based on their HONEST ABILITIES/TRAITS/SKILLS/TALENT/CREATIVITY/UNSELFISH NATURE that benefits ORGANISATION & EMPLOYEES

H) FUNNY CONCLUSIONS are the most PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS. Only those who had experienced certain things, will speak boldly and openly as they knew IT IS FACTS BASED ON TRUTH.

You wrote "if your bosses are very happy with you and you are his favorite, I would doubt ANYBODY in this forum (including you) to come over and tell me that he is NOT RIGHT!"

it is ONE SIDE BIASED RELATIONSHIP. I want to raise this query and i would to like know
"WHETHER EMPLOYEES ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR BOSS?"
"WHAT MAKES ONE TO SAY, BOSS IS EITHER ALWAYS RIGHT OR JUST RIGHT?" --------You can relate this with my POINT-A and with your TOPIC.


I am playing DUAL ROLES - A BOSS & TRUST TEAM PLAYER, while submitting my practical reply.....Else my reply would have been BIASED.

Have a nice day...

With profound regards

SAK,
So, you are saying that you should never attempt to be the boss's favorite? Is the interpretation correct? If yes, don't you think it is an extreme view?

Dear Mr. Gurjar
I seriously don't wish/want to be a BOSS FAVORITE. I stick to my decision where i want to be a TRUSTED TEAM PLAYER and always love to be the ORGANISATION'S FAVORITE. Let every employee of organisation LOVE ME, ADORE(not to pray ME), RESPECT ME, TRUST ME, SEEK MY ADVICE and i am there to guide them toward right path and MORE....

Let my BOSS TREAT ME AS HIS FAVORITE, i have no issues.

In future, with the grace of ALMIGHTY, if i start my own company or happen to play a ROLE @ CEO LEVEL
1) I don't even want any of employee to dream about "how to become BOSS FAVORITE".
2) I don't even want any of them to "IMPRESS ME" but i want everyone to deliver their ROLES with PASSION, demonstrate their CREATIVITY, UNLEASH their HIDDEN TALENTS, MEET ORGANISATIONS' OBJECTIVES, BUILD PRODUCTIVE TEAMS, LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS, for which i will compensate them proportionately.
3) I want everyone to be the ORGANISATION's favorite as i want to promote UNBIASED RELATIONSHIP BUILD ON TRUST - A TRUE RELATIONSHIP WHICH MONEY CAN'T EVEN AFFECT/SHAKE/DESTROY IT. This should benefit every individual employee where i can proudly use the word "WE"
4) I want employees NOT TO LOOSE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR ORGANISATION just for the sake of MONEY.

BEING NO.1, is not a big deal/task but, RETAINING IT makes a BIG DIFFERENCE. Hope you understood why i don't want to be the BOSS FAVORITE...

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE CURRY, in similar way, TOO MANY, BOSS FAVORITE, WILL KILL THE BOSS. Instead of confusing a BOSS and putting him into circles, Let him enjoy his life....

please do feel free to share anything, if you like to..

with profound regards

Hello Mr. Nikhil,

"So, you are saying that you should never attempt to be the boss's favorite? Is the interpretation correct? If yes, don't you think it is an extreme view?"

What is so extreme about this view Mr. Nikhil???? Which age you are living in???? Bureaucracy has gone after independence...:).....If I am not wrong then I have worked with the best of the fortune 500 companies and the philosophy of each one of those company was "You don't work for your Boss...but you work for the company"...so If Mr. S. Khadir has the viewpoint that he never tried to impress his boss...whats so extreme about it...even I never tried to impress my boss...rather all my bosses used to get impressed by my performance and at the end of the day we were good friend rather then having a boss and subordinate relation......

I really feel that one should broaden his/her thought process before getting so deep into sensitive topics like this....Time has changed Mr. Nikhil...Gone are the days when bosses used to have command over their subordinates, Organization culture is changing very fast....You can't expect anymore to be a boss and command your subordinates (if so, sry to say you are going backward in the race)....now the subordinates say to their respective bosses..."I don't work UNDER you......I work WITH you".....:)

Hope you get to understand my viewpoint and if not than I would say there is a lot of cultural GAP between the experience of those two groups....one who feels it is imp to be Boss's favorite and one who feels it is important to count on one's actual performance......

There is no harm in thinking either way....and as mature people on this forum we should come to the conclusion that the perspective differs from person to person....I completely understand that not all can have the aura and charisma to stand alone and prove himself to a level wherein the boss himself/herself will come to him/her and appreciate his performance.....there are people who reach to that level by different means (by trying to impress their boss in other way then demonstrating actual performance)....and it is their self perspective.....we can't judge anything as 'Black' or 'White' here.....at time it's better if things remain 'Grey' ...which is the case here....

Once again I would say it's all about one's personality......:)

Hope that you understand (if not accept) my viewpoint this time and would take this discussion to some conclusive mode....

Regards,

Sunita

Sunita M.

Sunita,
I understand your view. Like I said, there might be situations that warrant the other posture. If you completely discount the need of that posture, which is what you did, don't you think its an 'extreme' view?
Especially considering that this phenomenon can cloud any performance appraisal system, it is vital to keep a check on both the schools, don't you think... As for bureaucracy, you know it better :-) Agreed, you don't want to be the Boss's favorite. How do you keep a check on this phenomenon? Like I said, in resolving tensions at your company, how do you factor this aspect? Just curious.
Its like corruption... some decades ago, government used to deny it, yet it was there and today it has changed the way the system functions...

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Want promotion- Be Boss favourite
Want a security in job and reference in other companies- Be a good team player