Respect Your Immediate Boss — Lessons from Real-Life Incidents
Respect Your Immediate Boss — Lessons from Real-Life Incidents Ego, attitude, and subtle power dynamics: Why respect matters in every workplace? “Ego rises fast, but respect lasts longer.” In every workplace — government or private — there’s one rule that quietly governs the peace and flow of daily life: never take pangaa ( unnecessary conflict ) with your immediate boss. Your immediate boss is the bridge between you and higher authorities. They submit your daily reports , represent your work, and often become your first impression in front of senior management. Out of anger, ego, attitude, or revenge , people sometimes take unnecessary stands — and later pay the price. Real-Life Incidents 1. The Railway Story One of my relatives, now retired from the railways, once shared a story. His colleague was travelling in a Mumbai local train and noticed his immediate boss standing nearby. Pretending not to see him, he avoided offering his seat. The same day, he was assigned an unusu...