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[fleur]

I honestly believe that as a manager, a huge part of my job is to advocate for my employees. Am I insane? I don't think so, but please everyone, let me know if I'm off the mark.

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[singleentendre]

I think that makes you kind, egalitarian, and a great boss to have, but I wouldn't call it part of the job.

[vix]

I believe as a manager you do need to advocate for your employees, or encourage them to advocate for themselves. If you had an HR department, I'd think they should be the employee advocates, but I'd always hope the manager had my back too.

[kitchenwitch]

Having read way too much about leadership due to my job, I can tell you that there are lots of manager types out there who have things like strategic thinking abilities and the ability to achieve goals, but lack the ability to relate to others and work with/develop their teammembers, and you need to have both sides of it to be a good manager.

Boss as Advocate

[sirreal13]

That belief is refreshing and you are in the minority, but don't change. The best bosses I've had have been good filters. They hear the unreasonable demands of upper mgt. and present the more humanized version (if they don't want to kill morale). I work in a consulting company and bad morale can kill profitability faster than bad managers.