How ideal is your boss?

Bangalore: We have been publishing a lot of articles on the characteristics of being a boss, his relationship with employee, his positive and negative sides etc and the readers were highly active in the discussion forums voicing their views on how an ideal boss should be. Here is a roundup of all their views on those stories. When we wrote about the 'Top 10 mistakes that bosses make, there was a rush of comments - both positive and negative - pointing many other mistakes they feel are common among the bosses. Apart from the points in the article including micro-management, improper mode of communication, leading through intimidation, lack of empathy for employee's situation, and lack of transparency etc; readers had more to offer. Shambhu Dubey feels "Favoritism or Biasism on the basis of region, cast so on" is a major mistake that bosses make. R.Balgopal Prabhoo opined that "a rapport offline is important between both sides to understand each others motivation levels (Maslows pyramid) without crossing the 'lakshman rekha' of objectivity." Rajpal, who is a manager himself and testified, "I am a Boss in a small company having 15 employees and found that not always but once or more I made all the 10 mistakes. This article will help me to improve and take best of my employees. At least I can look into myself and improve." While many blamed their managers, Meghdut Guha advises people not to blame their bosses always and said, "Blame the system which made them Boss without proper training, development and grooming or even giving a clear role and responsibility. Most of the organizations speaks about a fool proof evaluation system but leaves most of the employees with some decisions. Ones someone becomes a boss, he forgets his past and the goal. They are actually lost and that's why they behave irresponsible." The article on "10 worst office manners which irritate bosses" notices that the attitude of 'arrive late and leave early, argumentative to the boss, abuse of sick leave, unreliable, over eagerness not communicating things properly, clumsy appearance are some of the office manners your boss hates and readers concurred with it on top of many additional ones they added. Commenting on the topic, Prasath Nair said, "In my words boss means a leader and since he has been chosen as a leader, he should be able to communicate and convince his qualities to meet his requirements in an organization. I think Indian employees are mostly those who are ready to contribute what their boss requires." Zaheer Ahmed opined, "my personal feeling is that every boss should also feel that his subordinates are also human and they do deserve lot of respect and care." Apart from the suggested tips on "Giving feedback to your boss: The right way", our reader Surya suggests, "As long as you start off with the positive points about the boss, and end with more positive points, while sandwiching suggested areas for improvement in the middle, I think, any boss would see it in a positive manner" to which Viswanathan responded, "You have to put your points in an excellent way, Mr.Surya. No one likes, least of all bosses, to be pointed out about the negative points." As the majority of our readers are involved with the corporate lifestyle, directly or indirectly, their views on managers and managerial qualities can well be defined as the common idea of how an ideal boss should be. Based on the above comments and opinions that assess the qualities of a boss, how do you rate your boss? How ideal is your boss?