{Meeting} Roland Jäger at Anne Will: Bad bosses & the polemic trap

I don't usually watch Anne Will. Yesterday, however, it was not just about a job-related topic – Stress, Print, Bullying - of the Executive as an enemy - no, one of my authors was also a talk guest, so watching is a must. Only: enthusiasm is different!

Where blood flows, there are also spectators

You're always smarter afterwards and so now I know again why I don't usually watch Anne Will on Sundays and otherwise Talk-Rounds avoid the holy water like the devil. Because the Strategy is always the same - and yesterday had very little to do with critical, background political talk!

On the chairs guests from different camps are sitting in the hope that they will get into the wool as proportionately as possible. Because where blood flows, there are also spectators. And every talk guest has his role.

By the way, I still know that from my own TV talk show, on a far less controversial topic, namely perfectionism. We weren't so divided back then either, but who knows how things went, in such a show with good news rhetoric score - while you sat nervously on your little chair and the adrenaline shot through your veins.

Good and evil

With Anne Will the roles were clear distributed: Employer lawyer Helmut Naujoks, who helps even non-cancellable Employees getting rid of was the bogeyman. Also management consultants Roland Jäger, started with the thesis that many bosses are simply too cuddly-nice sat next to Naujoks in the bad corner to the right of Anne Will (that was actually how the studio was divided up).

On the left sat the good guys: entrepreneur Dirk Rossmann, theologian and journalist Friedrich Schorlemmer, and ver.di district manager Henrike Greven. Since you can watch the whole show below or later in the media library, I limit myself to doing opinions Kund - not only mine, but also those who came up in the discussion.

The polemic trap

The panel discussion was a very nice example of the fact that the media and especially television live from simplification, polarization and polemics - and that everything else (unfortunately) does not work with such a format. Because actually at the beginning of the program everyone agreed that the topic had to be considered differently ... but that soon changed.

Pale and a little old-fashioned in the discussion was the ver.di lady. Mr Schorlemmer probably had the most grateful role in being able to protect the workers in a calm, objective and differentiated way. You do not have to say anything about Mr. Naujoks: he looked visually very nasty and was the bogeyman of the show.

Entrepreneur with entertainer quality

The “star” of the evening, however, was Dirk Roßmann, head of the drugstore chain of the same name. Trained with rhetorical skills, he liked to use the mouth of others - quite the knight without fear and blame in the fight for workers' rights. Exactly the boss you want!

I'll say it straight away, I'm skeptical from my own bad experience when people talk themselves up. Now Roßmann may even have been awarded and also negative One looks in vain for media opinions (such as about Schlecker). However, not all employees are enthusiastic, as you can read on the Kununu employer rating platform.

Just no differentiated arguments!

In this respect, I thought it was a bit off how Roßmann put the managementTraining Roland Jäger anging - because actually both campaigned for a fair deal with employees and also Rossman admitted that not everything could always be vain sunshine.

About Jäger's somewhat unfortunate expression "rotten eggs" one can for sure argue, but in principle he strove for an honest, differentiated analysis of the situation in many Companys. Unfortunately there was simply no time in 45 minutes - and admittedly, Roßmann was simply more entertaining!

Eternally the same stereotypes

What disturbed me the whole program: Once again all stereotypes were served! A consistent management style was associated with a drama with threats and pressure build-up. But these are the negative examples! I've already thought of that in advance!

Unfortunately, as the comments on the show show, it still works excellently, because it is not a matter of factual arguments, but emotional antipathies against Naukjos and also hunters. Twitter was fortunately partly more differentiated.

Complex theme

I think you have to make the whole topic more differentiated, after all, it's quite complex!

Consistent Guide The main thing is that my boss takes on responsibility and sometimes makes unpleasant decisions that may not earn him the love of his employees, but maybe Respect - and which are good for the whole company and all employees in the long term.

Being boss can be lonely

After all, you can also be the boss lonely I have several examples of this in my circle of friends: whoever gets promoted, for example, will no longer be invited to parties by colleagues because the situation is different - no matter how hard the boss tries to be fair, friendly and sympathisch be.

On the contrary, a boss who then constantly tries to come across as likeable would think so Eyes just ridiculous act.

Also think of small businesses!

Incidentally, I do not have the big companies in mind, in which certainly a lot is in trouble, but small companies that often get along with only a few employees and are also under constant pressure, for example against the competition.

And who, by the way, are putting a lot of effort into starting their own company in a country where that is anything but easy, as I know from my own experience. After all, self-employed people are often considered crazy, so some people wonder why they don't apply for Hartz IV straight away. I've also written about it several times.

Front hipp, rear pfui

And I think of my own bad experience with a boss who just doesn't have clear expectations either forms and got orders mainly through low prices, because he wasn't able to do that in negotiations self-confidence has to assert itself. Therefore, he is then forced to constantly exploit his employees. Not even the yellow one from the egg!

Incidentally, it is not at all unusual in the media industry in particular for bosses to pretend to be particularly relaxed and hip – and then in reality they are not at all. That's part of the young, trendy myth that these Industry surrounds – and which is crowded with young people every year People tempted to work as a cable man for free. Top!

I only think of Konstantin Neven-Dumont, whom I was able to experience live two weeks before his inglorious exposure by Stefan Niggemeyer: Overall, few concepts for the Online-Strategy of the company but also sees itself more as a philosopher - I would have been in that Lecture just wanted more facts.

Every jeck is different

Personally, if ever, I would ever want to see a boss whom I could respect due to professional competence and sense of responsibility. Whether the hipp is over and can talk great, I would not care.

But that's exactly the point: I have Problems with people I can't respect. Other people might not care at all. People like and need different leadership styles and every boss leads differently. Therefore it has Roland Jäger completely right: One must be able to choose his boss!

More courage please!

Of course, he was immediately interrupted, with the argument that it always comes: “People don’t have any Choice!” I believe, from my own experience, that you always have a choice - even if it's certainly sometimes difficult. But that includes Courage and Commitmentto change something in a situation.

This is what Günther Wallraff says (after which, in the comments on the Anne-Will program, he was repeatedly called). That was for his reportage about the conditions at a Lidl supplier also criticized as a jobkiller been. His Opinions after are the people that they are out there now. Motto: Better no job at all than a lousy one.

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