TOEFL Essay: Qualities of a Good Boss
Created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh
谢振礼海外投稿
》What are some important qualities of a supervisor or boss? Use specific details and examples to explain why these qualities are important.
原创作者谢振礼引用旧托福考古题第18号：论【好主管】的特质。其他叙述人物的类似题目是15号【好邻居】，22号【好同事】，46号【好儿女】，62号【好朋友】，93号【好室友】，103号【好榜样】，179号【好父母】。英文真题列表于范文之后。
Most people like to think that they are smarter than their stupid bosses and that, when the boss is away, work becomes holiday. Here implies outstanding differences between a boss depending on positional power and a "good" boss who is respected as a leader inspiring enthusiasm. To illustrate what are some important qualities of a good boss, it is therefore necessary to see the image of a leader in a boss in two aspects: confidence and responsibility.
A good boss leads as does a leader who is responsible for things going right or otherwise. When something wrong happens, a good boss fixes the breakdown rather than fixes the blame. A lousy boss who claims to know about anything but a leader is capable of asking right questions and providing right solutions. Of course the boss is always right, even when making work drudgery. But when it comes to leadership, it is about the responsibility of making work more interesting and worthwhile. That is to say that a boss not gifted with leadership is not really leading people but driving them to the point of insanity.
Confidence is a combination of good-will and loyalty toward leadership. What really matters to leadership is cultivating good-will in whatever situation. It is as if working in the open and not in the covert, or saying "let's go" and not shouting "go" and things like these. Probably one of the most common examples of ordinary bosses or supervisors is talking too much too often too loudly in order to seem possessing more ideas or to appear more important. "Louder-ship" is not worthy of leadership, of course. Needless to say that you had better laugh heartily at the joke every time your stupid boss tells, it may be a loyalty test under disguise.
To make a long story short, a good boss as a leader not only creates confidence rather than fear, but also corrects mistakes without fixing blame. A boss with political authority is of an ordinary type standing exactly for Basics of Supervisory Skills (BOSS), which means that, when the boss is back, you had better watch your back carefully since there is nothing like having a boss walk in. Besides, in case you think your boss is stupid, you also had better congratulate yourself because you would not have a job if your boss were any smarter.
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