It is one of the most frequent thought people get in their mind about a Manager that s/he possess more power than his/her sub-ordinates. How true is that? I'd say not at all. In fact I'd say Sub-ordinates possess more power than their manager. A genuine question comes, how? Okay now listen, what are the responsibilities of Manager, to get the work done, to keep the sub-ordinates happy, content and motivated, OR just to control their activities. Many managers would think they have got authority to control the activities of sub-ordinates and in turn they have got more power, and as soon as this thought came in his/her mind he has chose the path of self destruction. Let us think from the perspective, you are a Manager and you need to get a work done from one of your employees but unfortunately that employee couldn't care less about that and he refused to do the task. What options you have? - Recommend HR to fire the employee, - Threaten him about appraisal or - You’d try to pe...