This is sleep work repeat, a weekly series of podcasts about happiness and work culture.

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Hello gang, here we are again.

I went to see a quiet place on Friday night that was remarkable

fantastic strongly recommended here we are again I don't normally do stuff on leaders there's enough

sort of leader lit out there. So I actually

came upon Dr Amanda Goodall's work when I was looking at something else.

Amanda Goodall is brilliant and energizing.

Incredible company.

I encountered her work when I was reading about the effects that our bosses have on us.

Bad bosses are basically the worst thing at work.

Amanda's research suggests that our bosses contribute twice as much in terms of the

satisfaction that we have with our job to the money that were paid. To put up with bad

bosses, basically companies have to pay us more. Bosses are more important than anything else.

We all know that.

When people resign, they resign from an individual, not a company.

But I was really interested in Amanda's work

when she asked about what makes a good manager.

And she found statistically people who are the best at their jobs then go on to be the best managers.

So she believes hospitals should be run by doctors, companies that make tech products, should be run by people who build

tech products. Football teams should hire someone who's the best footballer. She's done

work in multiple areas to explore this and you might be saying

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