If you have a favourite employee at work, you aren’t the only one!
Good employees are like gold – they help you out, make your job less stressful and lighten the load.
But… there’s always a but… what is happening in the team when you have a favourite employee?
Let’s find out in this episode.
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Show Links:
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #228: Should You Be Friends With Your Team Members? – This podcast episode explores whether it is appropriate to develop friendships with team members.
- Why Even Good Leaders Can Show a Lack of Integrity – A blog post discussing the potential for even good leaders to exhibit integrity issues.
- What Is the Halo Effect? – An article that explains the Halo Effect, a cognitive bias that can lead to favoritism and overlooking flaws in certain individuals.
Ouch… our head of service has a favourite employee and it’s clearly undermined some of us, by taking side and open lack of support. She is not kind to listen and reflect.
Any suggestion on how to handle this as a team member? Whether to make jet recognising or it or as a way to deal with the situation?
Hi Coralie,
Sounds like a tricky one. I’d suggest starting with a question – what is it that the favourite employee is getting that others in the team aren’t?
Identifying this would help you raise the issue with the manager, pointing out what you’re seeing, rather than labelling the manager as playing favourites.
For example, instead of raising it by saying “It seems like you’re playing favourites” (which could cause her to be defensive), you could ask for what is missing instead. The missing thing might be an opportunity to do something, or raise an idea or to listen to the other suggestions of the team.
Hope this makes sense – what I’m getting at is that you want to point out the behaviour or signs that you’ve observed, which will help you raise it better than labelling the manager as playing favourites. It still won’t be an easy conversation but might work better!
Cheers,
Ben