[ ! ] The Sugarbuzz Project

Do you know more than your boss?

Sep 2, 2008 Business

I’ve noticed from time to time that many companies have people running the show who just seem to be untouched by the Genius Fairy.

Too often, a company will turn a supervisior, manager, or worse - CEO loose with a degree and a sincere faith that a piece of paper confirms that the new ‘guy in charge’ knows what he is doing.

But does he really know what he’s doing?

It’s one of my pet peeves: supervisors who scream at you for being too slow, etc. when you (and everyone else) can see that the boss couldn’t do the job himself to save his life. What’s with that? Why doesn’t experience mean anything?

I understand that CEO’s need to have something proving that they know what they are doing, but what about the poor goon that works his life away, perfecting the art of whatever it is that he/she does only to be told that they have hit the ceiling because they don’t have a degree…regardless of whether or not they can do the job?

Yeah, I’m in that boat. I’ve been there many times before. One day, I want to be the guy with the paper to boost my experience to what it needs to be in order for me to get the career that I need.

You can get another point of view of what a CEO would need to do to gain some experience by checking out this blog by Dennis Carey on leadership and CEOs . He’s got some good insight on what it takes for a new CEO to learn from his co-workers.