{"id":8211,"date":"2013-05-29T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=8211"},"modified":"2025-03-15T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:55:07","slug":"choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Your Manager \u2014 My Radio 4 Four Thought Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

That was the fact that I started my Radio 4 Four Thought piece with. My proposal, that people should be able to choose their manager, was broadcast last Wednesday at 8.45pm and also on Sunday at 5.45am. I\u2019ve been astonished by how many people were up and heard the re-run early on Sunday morning. You can hear it again here, without having to get up at dawn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen Again: Choose Your Manager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve had lots of response. This has included tales of very bad managers, and promises from people to circulate the link to their own managers. But so far I have not had one person tell me they disagree or that it is a silly idea. Perhaps its an idea whose time has come? The full text is here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full transcript: Choose Your Manager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, this is part of a wider campaign to create happy workplaces, where people are valued and motivated and can work to their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And do let me know if you get the chance to try it out. Here\u2019s\u00a0one example<\/a>\u00a0of a company that tried it, to good effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c49% of the UK working population would take a pay cut to have a different manager.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,26,25],"tags":[],"blog-post-type":[35],"class_list":["post-8211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-henrys-blog","category-leadership","category-the-happy-manifesto","blog-post-type-blog-with-image"],"acf":{"read_or_watch_time":"Read length: 5 min read"},"yoast_head":"\nChoose Your Manager \u2014 My Radio 4 Four Thought Broadcast - Happy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Choose Your Manager \u2014 My Radio 4 Four Thought Broadcast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201c49% of the UK working population would take a pay cut to have a different manager.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Happy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HappyLtd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-29T18:49:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-15T18:55:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Henry Stewart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@happyltd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@happyltd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Henry Stewart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Henry Stewart\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/d908b838c968ee1e7ac9fef10a219ddc\"},\"headline\":\"Choose Your Manager \u2014 My Radio 4 Four Thought Broadcast\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-29T18:49:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-15T18:55:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Henry's blog\",\"Leadership\",\"The Happy Manifesto\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/choose-your-manager-my-radio-4-four-thought-broadcast\/\",\"name\":\"Choose Your Manager \u2014 My Radio 4 Four Thought Broadcast - 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