Best boss | The NUMBER ONE quality people want in a leader is...

Managers have for years racked their brains about the requirements of their employees.

Whilst in decades past, bosses may have been satisfied with being seen as a fierce tyrant, believing that this would motivate their employees into working hard, all data now points to this being the opposite of the truth.

To truly get the best out of a team, it’s essential that leaders understand what improves their wellbeing, and what stifles their ability and motivation to achieve their goals.

Yet thanks to the wonders of modern technology, ascertaining what it is that employees want is no longer down to guesswork; in fact, to discover just that, LinkedIn recently conducted a survey of over 2,000 professionals in which it quizzed them on what they looked for in a boss. Whilst compassion and empathy ranked high at 36% and 38%, respectively, the most commonly requested skills were time management at 44% and, overwhelmingly, problem-solving at 68%.