From the course: Managing Up as an Employee
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The harmonizer boss
- The harmonizer boss. The harmonizer boss is the quintessential nice boss. They are warm, they are friendly. They care about you. They're soft spoken, they're calm and they're patient and organized. It's really important for harmonizer to build a team that is positive, happy and cohesive. Let's review a few key characteristics of the harmonizer. First of all, their pace is moderate. They're patient. They're organized. Their focus is people. So they care about building a great team. Harmonizers tend to be rather slow decision-makers. See, harmonizers like to make decisions by consensus. So they actually care about other people's opinion, which is great. But this may be very frustrating for those who prefer to go at a faster pace, who want faster decisions. Harmonizer bosses are going to want to really build great teams. And they're going to want people who are ready to be team players. They may avoid conflict.…
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