The work place is a place for learning and this is the place we acquire practical experience, which differs from all the theoretical classes we have had in school or in our training class we must have attended. People always get to realise that what we learnt in school is quite different from what is obtainable in the work place.
For I have had the opportunity to work with both the strict or should i say rigid boss and the flexible boss. In both cases I was able to deliver and achieve a very high degree of success, because I have the ability to adapt to changing situations. But if I will do a genuine rating the more rigid boss are sometimes more goal oriented and are much more focused I really enjoyed working with the rigid ones. The truth is they are not as rigid as they may have appeared rather they are always more focused on the job and they want to always achieve the set objectives of the organization with little or no much variance.
But the flexible once I have had encounter with are always fun to work with and they make the job look easy but sometimes there use be deviations which is not healthy for the organization.