I Love Bookkeeping

The Workflow Queen, Alyssa Lang, joins co-hosts Hannah Robinson and Melissa Honan to discuss whether you should be a leader or a boss, and how to build a great relationship with your employees. Hannah asks Alyssa what are some things she does to have boundaries with her employees while also maintaining the fact that Alyssa is the boss. For Alyssa, the biggest tactic is not being scared to be exactly, and authentically, who she needs to be as a boss. Alyssa believes in not wanting to be someone’s boss, but rather their leader, and being a leader that joins everyone’s unique abilities together. Alyssa shares a big challenge she faces from time to time: “Am I a leader or a boss right now?” She discusses the fact that there are days where it isn’t easy for her to be the leader she would like to be, and not a demanding boss. Melissa has had a team member that always came up with big, visionary ideas. Whenever that happened, she used to be quite reactionary; whereas now she uses a different approach to address the