Some superiors fear that their subordinates may be better than them and go further in their careers.
In working life, you will meet good bosses, who bring out the best in you. However, you may also have to deal with a superior who keeps you in control, who does not delegate functions to you and, in particular, obstructs and inhibits your professional development.
Carlos Garavito, director of the psychology laboratory at the Pilot University of Colombia, says that some signs toidentify that the boss does not want to let the worker groware, in most cases, because there is an absence of consensus, promotion of ideas and tasks together, and because the superior invalidates the opinions of the person.
“When an employee experiences this type of context, they can suffer a series of deteriorations, deficits and delays in their development process, because it prevents personal and professional growth. They are usually environments in which theboss is too managerial and autocratic,” says Garavito.
For her part, Marlén Peña, director of Human Management at the Italian Cheese Factory of Vecchio, affirms that this type of signals usually arrive when internal promotions are presented within the company and, although the collaborator has the competences, skills and attitude to be able to perform the positio.
Garavito clarifies that the process of leadership and direction is an action that integrates both competencies and the fulfillment of tasks and the development of operations that allow the monitoring of achievements within an organization. Such actions are mediated by human processes (bosses).
In the world of work there is a diversity of bosses, the one who is autocratic, the one who does not allow the proposal of his employees or the development of alternatives and, in addition, who makes decisions individually and does not potentiate the human capital he possesses. This boss profile only achieves negative results for both the subordinate and the company.
Peña ends by defining that “a leader is one who pushes, who wants his collaborators to grow, who have the opportunity – even – to go further than him. A boss is the one who simply makes the way that the worker always stays there, where he can control him and where he dominates his functions. “
If you find yourself in that situation, the best advice is to talk to your boss to understand what motivates him to truncate your growth. If there is no subsequent agreement or improvement, it is recommended to apply to job offers that provide you with professional growth. And if you can’t count on your boss, count on the Human Management area.