Will you be friendly with your subordinate?
By common_man
@common_man (1799)
India
June 28, 2010 10:01am CST
Hi mylotters,
I wonder weather it will be in interest of organisation if boss develops friendly relations with his subordinates. I feel if friendly relationship takes place between boos and subordinate, it may help boss in getting information, that other wise may get hide. This may help both boss and organisation. How ever there is a risk involved where subordinate may not obey orders of boss if friendly relationship between them exists.
What is your take on issue?
Will be develop friendly relationship with your subordinates? Will your gender and subordinate's gender will make difference?
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11 responses
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
29 Jun 10
Hi common_man, yeah i strongly recommend that friendly with our subordinates and team work. You can do wonders if you develop this friendly relationship, giving guidance, training, support individually (though its a team work), encourage, motivate your team members. Sure you will achieve if you have targets or you can close perfectly the given task. Then you will get an appreciation from your higher officials. 
@common_man (1799)
• India
29 Jun 10
Hi jotomy
Thanks for response and advice. Yes a friendly behaviour guidence and support will help in team building and cohesive team will sure lead to better results.
Thank u.
@avani26 (1518)
• India
28 Jun 10
I would surely recommend being friendly with the surbordinates but not everyone takes the friendship as professional especially when it is between different genders. I during my working days did always keep friendly relationship with my juniors but also maintained the professional relationship and have never had the problem. I was LUCKY. 
@common_man (1799)
• India
28 Jun 10
Hi Avani,
Thanks for your response. Yes a professional relationship with friendly touch will be better approach, it seems.
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@verabear (796)
• Philippines
29 Jun 10
There is definitely a lot of positive argument for having a friendly relationship with subordinates. I think that as long as the boss knows how to conduct himself appropriately whether in or out of the office, there is no risk of losing his subordinates' respect. That happens most especially when there is no amiable relationship between boss and employee.
@common_man (1799)
• India
2 Jul 10
Hi VErabear,
You are right conduct inside as well as outside office is important.
@jagjit273 (1754)
• India
1 Jul 10
Well ,being friendly with your subordinates is not that bad ,But there should be Some distance between a boss and a subordinate.tahts what I think.
have a Nice day
@xiaoxiaoforever (24)
•
29 Jun 10
i think boss should be friendly with his subordinates.
if boss have a good relation with subordinates,he can know how subordinate's thinking and then would treat his subordinates better,make his subordinates more love their boos and become harder work.
if boss have a good relation with subordination,he would know more imformation about company.
@common_man (1799)
• India
2 Jul 10
Hi, You are right, friendly relationship, may creat openness and subordinate may not mind sharing important informations.
@sophisticated_boy (1457)
• Indonesia
29 Jun 10
Well, if someday I become a supervisor and have subordinate, I will make sure they perceive me as a friendly boss and will treat them like a friend, but only to certain extent. I still have to draw a line between being friends and boss. If I am too friendly they might be unefficient doing their job cause they know I will not punish them for it, but at the same time give them understanding what this job objective and how it can be achieved.
@common_man (1799)
• India
29 Jun 10
Hi
the day will come and you will be supervisor. Your this approach will sure take you further higher.
@allknowing (136601)
• India
29 Jun 10
"Thus far and no further" could be the best way common_man! I always maintained friendly relations with my subordinates but I also knew where to draw the line. It is this crucial level that takes care of any subordinate exploiting a friendly boss. I no longer work but even with my domestic help I am friendly and when this is done moderately I have noticed one gets the best deal.
@common_man (1799)
• India
29 Jun 10
Hi gem!
One more practicle advice from a good friend like you! Draw a line and let friendship flourish without problem within drawn boundary.
Agreed . and will implement too! Thanks.
@achilles2010 (3051)
• India
28 Jun 10
While you are climbing up the ladder of your career, your subordinates are holding the ladder for you. If they withdraw their support, you will have a fall worse than Humpty Dumpty had.
I strongly recommend one should be friendly with his subordinates. Considering the risk involved if the subordinates take advantage of your friendliness and disobeys you then be soft as butter while you are friendly but be tough as steel if he disobeys.
Gender should not make a difference in boss subordinate relationship.
@incus99 (1083)
• Philippines
28 Jun 10
I feel that all bosses should be friendly.. though they have to keep a certain distance to avoid over familiarity with their subordinates... You got to rule out of respect and love, never rule or manage with fear.. this will not help in the long run..
@common_man (1799)
• India
28 Jun 10
Hi
I agree we should not use fear as motivation for making people work the way we want. it will make more harm in long term.
Thanks for response.
