{"id":63705,"date":"2021-08-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=63705"},"modified":"2021-08-13T14:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T18:14:59","slug":"qualities-of-a-good-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/professional-development\/management-leadership\/qualities-of-a-good-manager","title":{"rendered":"Eight qualities of a good manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When 58 percent of people<\/a> trust a stranger more than they trust their manager, there\u2019s certainly room for improvement in the workplace. We all know that people make the job, but more than anything, a manager can make or break the employee experience<\/a>. In fact, the Harvard Business Review<\/em>, in partnership with Facebook, found that the number-one reason employees quit<\/a> was that they felt underused and stagnant in their careers. That means that a manager’s greatest responsibility is to give their employees opportunities to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In enterprise and midlevel companies, successful managers double employee engagement, which results, according to Gallup polls, in an average 147 percent increase in earnings<\/a> per share. The connection to the bottom line is clear, but defining the qualities of a good manager is a bit more complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n