My Mom Would Come Home from Work Crying
Jacob Morgan
5x Best-Selling Author, Futurist, & Keynote Speaker. Founder of Future Of Work Leaders (Global CHRO Community). Focused on Leadership, The Future of Work, & Employee Experience
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When I was growing up, my mom worked as a computer programmer for an insurance company, and my dad worked as an aerospace engineer.
I remember so many instances of my mom coming from work crying because of how her leaders treated her. It still makes me sick thinking about this.
Even as a kid, I knew something wasn’t right. How could a person who is supposed to inspire, motivate, and engage you make you so upset and miserable that you come home crying from work each day? How can these people possibly be in leadership roles?
Finally, she quit because no money is worth that amount of stress and unhappiness. She went back to school to get a master's degree in marriage and family therapy.
Today she is one of the most respected therapists in Los Angeles.
Luckily, leadership isn’t what it used to be. Today’s leaders can’t treat their employees so poorly that they regularly come home crying and feeling beaten down.
Leadership is no longer about making the most money and controlling your employees. It’s no longer about knowing all the answers, having the biggest office, and enforcing the status quo.
Today, leadership is about putting people before profits. It’s about surrounding yourself with people who are smarter than you and being able to ask for help. It’s about having a vision for a better world and being able to build that vision with the people you work with.
What kind of leader are you? More importantly, what kind of a leader do you have the potential to become?
You can become a future-ready leader who changes leadership and their organizations for the better. Your employees can come home from work happy and appreciated with no tears. Lead on!
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2yThis is very true
Federal HR Professional Advising Leaders in Complex Environments Consulting & Advising | Compliance | Talent Management | Employee Relations
2yWell said Jacob! The workforce is filled with people who lead by position or title and have little to know regard for the people that report to them. They are self-serving, egotistical, unethical, rude, indifferent, lazy, entitled, bullying, and angry. The impact that these "leaders" have on their employees is tremendous and manifests itself in high rates of turnover, absenteeism, burnout, low performance, illness, and even workplace violence. Kudos to your mom for recognizing her worth and building a better work life for herself.
atm engineer and bank clerical at NCR Corporation
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atm engineer and bank clerical at NCR Corporation
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