BCM 313 Task 2: Brief Essay

There are always two sides to everything, whether it be a coin, choosing a cheesecake or chocolate cake for desert or relationships. Relationships are everything to most people and most definitely something I hold dear with everyone. I know and one of the most important ones to me that I feel like I never full acknowledged until the past year was the relationship I had with my manager. Thinking back on my previous role in retail it had been the best job I have had in all my experience thus far and most of that I have thanks to my manager. The respect I hold for my manager as someone who while technically was above me in title never felt above me in reality. She was there with myself and my other co-workers on the floor cleaning the store, severing customer, and breaking her own back to get as much work as us done before the end of the day. The level of respect I had for my manager and the level of respect she had for her employees was and is still nothing compared to what I have seen today in my managers since. I remember a conversation I had with her once about it and the way she saw it was that her employees would never put in their maximum effort into their work if she had not done the same along side them and I couldn’t agree more. Hearing from Vice chancellor Patricia Davidson really hit home for me in the begging part of the workshop she participated in. as it was explained that she had taken time away from her campus tour to enter a classroom to observe and participate. Hearing this really brought forward my attention and instantly raised my respect for Patricia as it perfectly hits with the main reason why I had enjoyed my previous job so much and I feel like this is rarely seen well at least in my experiences. Patricia went on to state that she loves being with students and as a nurse also loves being with her patients. This all culminates to the importance relationships have in the workplace that help employees in the workforce grow further than they would otherwise. Having now moved on from my position with that manager I have had firsthand experience in a position at a car dealership where manager does the bare minimum required of them for their job while also being in a unique position to witness their manager put in the extra effort to gain that respect and build the relationship with their employees. In this experience my manager had only watched his employees from a distance and only participated in their work when directly related to his however, his boss actively set out to assist the employees in the work that was unrelated to them and actively trained them to do their positions in special sessions once a week. This caring nature and willingness to go above and beyond even made me and my co-workers respect him on a level my own manager couldn’t get to. The experience I had working at a car dealership has allowed me to fully understand the importance of relationships in jobs and the experiences I have gained from my jobs is only further backed up by Patricia and how the simple acts of helping others that are below you or above you can teach people to grow and understand their positions as well as the positions of others in the businesses