Does Your Boss Have Your Back? Nearly Half of Professionals Say Managers Take Credit for Their Work, According to Korn Ferry ...
October 14 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
-- Forty Percent Say They Could Do Their Boss’s
Job Better Than the Boss, Yet Less Than a Third Would Want It –
Editor’s Note: Survey Responses at End of News
Release
As the Oct. 16 “Boss’s Day” approaches in the United States, a
new Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) survey shows that professionals may not
believe their manager is helping them succeed.
More than half (58 percent) of those surveyed say their manager
does not help them advance their career. Worse yet, nearly half (48
percent) say their boss has taken credit for something they’ve
done, and 39 percent say that their boss at some point has “thrown
them under the bus.”
Only 35 percent say they consider their boss as a friend.
“Many professionals have complicated relationships with their
managers. While most are eager for their boss to help them learn
and grow in their careers, the reality is many time-strapped and
career-stressed bosses often don’t make the effort to nurture their
direct reports,” said Dennis Baltzley, Korn Ferry’s global solution
leader for leadership development.
While 65 percent of professionals say they do learn from their
boss, more than half (56 percent) say that their boss motivates
them to little or no extent.
“Communication gaps have been at the center of management and
direct report disconnects since the beginning of time. Managers
often feel they are communicating a great deal, and direct reports
feel that they don’t have enough context or information,” said
Baltzley. “It’s important to keep an open and continuous dialogue
between managers and their direct reports so everyone understands
priorities, what success looks like and how responsibilities are
divided to achieve shared goals.”
While 40 percent of professionals think they could do their
boss’s job better than the boss, only 32 percent would actually
want the job.
“It’s also important that professionals understand that support
from their boss is not the only path to success,” said Baltzley.
“Researchers point to the 70-20-10 rule, where 70 percent of what
you learn is from on-the-job experiences, 10 percent is from formal
academic learning, and 20 percent is from relevant other people,
such as a boss. It’s critical that professionals chart their own
career.”
About the survey
There were 804 responses to the online executive survey, which
took place in September 2019. Please note that due to rounding
responses may not equal 100 percent.
Survey responses
Does your boss help advance your
career?
Yes
42 percent
No
58 percent
Has your boss ever “thrown you under
the bus”?
Yes
39 percent
No
61 percent
Has your boss ever taken credit for
something you did?
Yes
48 percent
No
52 percent
Could you do your boss’s job better
than him or her?
Yes
40 percent
No
60 percent
Do you want your boss’s job?
Yes
32 percent
No
68 percent
Do you consider your boss a
friend?
Yes
35 percent
No
65 percent
Are you smarter than your boss?
Yes
25 percent
No
75 percent
To what extent do you agree that you
learn from your boss?
To a great extent
16 percent
To some extent
49 percent
To little extent
23 percent
To no extent
12 percent
To what extent would you agree that
your boss motivates you?
To a great extent
20 percent
To some extent
23 percent
To little extent
28 percent
To no extent
28 percent
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We work
with clients to design their organizational structures, roles and
responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise
them on how to reward, develop and motivate their workforce. And,
we help professionals navigate and advance their careers.
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