Boss Day History Origin and Trivia

But often in the hustle of work and responsibility,acknowledge and honor the hard work of the
most of us forget to convey our appreciation andBosses and superiors nationwide.
acknowledgement towards the boss, though weFour years later, Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner,
cherish the heartfelt admiration for him but oftenwelcomed the proposal of observing National
it remains unexpressed. That's why, NationalBoss's Day and officially proclaimed the day in
Boss's Day, commonly known as Boss's Day1962. The idea became popular across the
offers the employees an opportunity to expresscountry in no time and soon, even England,
their gratitude and appreciation towards theirAustralia and South Africa started celebrating
boss, manager, supervisors or CEO on OctoberBoss's Day in full throttle.
16, every year ! The history and origin behind theToday, Boss's day is marked as the day to
formation of Boss's Day tells an interesting story.improve the employee-superior relationship and to
Patricia Bays Haroski is given the sole credit formake employees realize the difficulties and
creating National Boss's Day on October 16. Shepressure that the boss has to face day in and
was an employee at State Farm Insuranceday out to run an organization. There are more
Company in Deerfield, Ill. In 1958, in honor of herthan thirty seven million professionals working in
Boss she registered the holiday with the Chambermanagement, supervisor and other related fields
of Commerce of the United States.in the US alone. Nowadays, the bosses and
Was she an amazingly lucky employee, who hadsupervisors are not only responsible for giving
the world's best boss? Well, apparently she wasorders and getting the work done, rather they
an appreciative daughter, who worked under herare playing a more diversifies role as mentors ,
own father, but was thoughtful enough to noticemotivators and Team Builders. All this
the hardship and hurdles that her father had to goresponsibilities requires him to exercise a greater
through to run the company but still managed toamount of interaction and involvement with the
remain the source of encouragement andemployees and subordinates.
inspiration and good advice to all his employees.Some ecard publishers like 123greetings and
October 16 was the birthday of Patricia Baysamericangreetings have boss day cards even for
Haroski's father, and she though it would be theex boss and women boss .
ideal day for the employees to officially