Understand Boss-Subordinate Relationships

Some of my colleagues and fellow managers arepackage provided by the company is majority
strong technical expertise as working in thedepended on this to negotiate during your job
advance technology industry; but they are weakinterview with current company.  Your
in people management or managerial skills.  Theysubordinates will come to you with questions, and
found hard time to start building relationshipsometimes with challenges, and look for your
effectively with their subordinates from the firstanswers and advises.  It is a right moment you
day in position.  Remember your first day in yourcan further enhance the relationship by providing
current position as a boss, you need to getthem with expertise answers and effective
acquaintance with your subordinates; toinstructions to resolve their problems.       
understand their names, their routines, their        
strengths, their weaknesses, and equally 
important, is their attitudes.  How will they buildRelationship by Respect
working relationship with you?  How do youThe last step is the relationship by respect.  This
understand the dimensions behind theis one of the major ingredients to maintain the
relationship?  In the following paragraph, I willpositive relationship with your team.  If you can
show you the different steps of buildingcoach your subordinates with your professional
relationship effectively and positively. knowledge and with enthusiastic attitude, you will
 win the respect from your team under your
Relationship by Job Titleleadership.  Equally important, you should respect
The first step is relationship by title.  In the verythem as they respect you.  This step will help
beginning, the relationship is merely relied on yourbuilding a positive and long-lasting working
superior job title over your subordinates; forrelationship with your subordinates.    
instance, manager with staff, and supervisor with 
worker.  Your relationship or source of power isEffective Team
come with the subordinates' perception of anOnce you understand the stages of relationship
authority attained from your superior status. building, you will be in a fast track to establish the
Without this, you are nothing more than a peernecessary relationship with your subordinates in
working with them.  You cannot order andthe working environment.  You will effectively
instruct them.  manage and get along with them to build a
 significant effective team.  Also, the relationship
Relationship by Job Knowledgewill promote and rebuild trust between you and
The second step or stage is the solid job-relatedyour subordinates.  To conclude, employees will
knowledge carried with you.  Your workingmake commitments to the organization if they
experience and your education background willrespect their bosses and are respected in turn by
boost your professionalism and your authority intheir bosses.
your department.  In fact, your salary and