Why Managers Play Favorites – and How They Can Change
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HBR IdeaCast
Unfortunately, that job did not materialize, which meant that the manager and the direct report had to create still a kind of productive relationship because the manager couldn’t fire this direct report since the performance remained satisfactory. They went through those three steps and they managed to negotiate that the direct report would stop badmouthing the manager, and the manager on his side would help the direct report to transition to a new position. And we could have this case where direct reports deserve to be on the team, where direct reports deserve the visibility and the attention and the praise.