Picking favorites in the workplace could have ‘motivating’ impact on colleagues: Report
Harvard Business Review finds that office managers picking favorites could be good for the workplace
Managers picking favorites at work can be ‘motivating’ for colleagues: Relationship coach on Harvard report
Relationship coach and naturopathic physician Dr. Vicki Matthews argues picking favorites at work can lobby other employees for ‘the good sides’ of the workplace style.
Naturopathic physician and relationship coach Dr. Vicki Matthews weighed in on a recent Harvard report which found that managers picking favorites in the workplace could benefit other employees on "Mornings with Maria" Tuesday, noting that the "favorite" can motivate and lobby their colleagues to adopt favorable workplace styles.
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DR. VICKI MATTHEWS: If the person who has been singled out as the favorite is gracious about it, and there's a valid reason that other employees can see why they might be chosen as the favorite, so to speak, then it can be motivating for other employees.
Being singled out as the manager's "favorite" can actually be "motivating" for colleagues when that person is "gracious about it," Dr. Vicki Matthews said on "Mornings with Maria" Tuesday, August 30, 2022. (Getty Images)
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Having a favorite benefits a manager because it's someone they know they can trust. It's someone they can go to and they kind of know what they'll get from that person. It's also someone that they can hope will lobby other employees for the good sides of the management style and what's going on in the company. So it's almost like a second, if you will, someone that can go in and be a spokesperson for that manager. So that's an important aspect of who they select, who the manager selects as a favorite. And sometimes personalities just click, sometimes you just really get along better with some people than other people. And that may be subtly playing and having an impact on it as well.
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