Good morning! Bill fighting revenge porn passed by Congress, UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, and Fortune’s Nina Ajemian talks with former Microsoft exec Sabina Nawaz about how managers can overcome the pressures of leadership.
– Management 101. Managers in the workplace adopt a few identities, according to Sabina Nawaz, the ex-Microsoft exec and executive coach behind the new book You’re the Boss. There’s the flash, a leader who gets things done at warp speed in the name of efficiency; the straight-A student, a perfectionist with high standards; and the whack-a-mole, a boss who is always putting out fires. But one identity is more likely to hold women back in the workplace: the caretaker.
Caretaking can, of course, be healthy—but being too caring can often manifest in managers constantly picking up the slack for their employees and “rescuing” their team. This behavior hurts employees’ growth and often makes managers feel like they are being taken advantage of.
