Carlos Tavares was forced to resign because of the results of the Stellantis group and its harsh management.
The methods described as brutal make us question our relationship with our superiors.
In Hello! La Matinale TF1, Benjamin Muller talks to us about the different types of management in 2024.
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The surprise announcement of the departure of Carlos Tavares had the effect of a bomb. Pushed to resign, the boss of Stellantis was criticized on the one hand for the group's disappointing results, but also for his management, described as “tough management“. The man defined himself as a “performance psychopath” and even insisted at the CES show in 2023 that “only the best will survive“. A management that questions the relationship with the boss in the world of work. Decryption by Benjamin Muller in Bonjour! La Matinale TF1.
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To describe Carlos Tavares, Pierre Moscovici spoke of a “samurai, obsessed with work, demanding, cold, fast and extremely efficient“. All the portraits speak of an automobile genius, but emphasize his brutality in his relationships with employees. France has always been marked by the culture of the boss. The French manager decides everything alone and does not often consult its teams in its decision-making For a long time, harsh management was the norm, until the 1990s. From this period onwards, employees and managers became aware that harsh management no longer corresponded to the norm. evolution of society over the years. 2000, we are moving towards a slightly more participatory, horizontal management, and especially in the 2020s, we are talking about caring management. Certainly, this type of management has some limits. Some point to an infantilization of employees which ultimately leads to it. to even tougher decisions. The middle ground would be between “.world of care bears“and the”shark world“.
What is a good boss in 2024?
Authoritarian, navel-gazing, poor communicator and attentive to his colleagues. This is how the French manager is described in international surveys. Of course, Jacques Chirac said that a “leader was made to lead” but a manager must make decisions while remaining attentive, not humiliating, collaborating, pulling upwards, knowing how to put pressure, but not too much. . A good leader, moreover, according to Harvard Business, is a kind leader. The newspaper believes that kindness must be part of attentive listening to others, their needs, their vulnerabilities. For them, kindness promotes what we call psychological safety, strengthens the capacity for employee innovations. In an interview with L'Express, Laurent Cappelletti, professor at Cnam, explains the importance ofto be more attentive to local management and to find a better balance between procedure and dialogue“. Maybe this will make Gen Z want to become bosses again?
