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Not necessarily - I think China has alluded to the fact that 1) he is not a 'people person' and 2) is not prepared to change. Not a fantastic indicator that he would suddenly find it simple to get his staff to like him, whether there was bribery involved or not.

That's great. Unfortunately it means absolutely nothing if you can't retain decent staff. The other issue to keep in mind is that in a small area, word gets around quickly as to who the good and bad organisations are to work for. If you think Mary isn't bagging you out as a boss to all and...

Don't worry Marg, there are laws against that sort of thing ;) I have to say, even though I only excerpted the last bit of Marg's post, I agree with what she said 100%. My full time job for a couple of years was as a grievance coordinator - ie resolving complaints and issues within my...

Hey, whatever it takes :D

The other thing you could do, maybe in a couple of months' time, is sit down with your staff around a coffee (take them out of the office, and pay for the coffees) and ask them if there's anything they could think of which would make the place run smoother. They'll be aware of things that you...

Context is everything. If I start a new job which already has cameras set up, then I accept that as part and parcel of the new job. However if I've been an employee for some time, and cameras are installed by the boss (who is not a people person) without any kind of discussion with me, I...