Friday Management Therapy
At a recent workshop, I walked the group through an exercise where we listed the characteristics of a bad manager.
Here’s the list. I’m wondering what’s missing.
- “They don’t know what I’m doing”
- “What the hell does he do all day?”
- Absent
- Asking the impossible
- Authoritarian
- Bad listeners
- Bottom-line focus
- Buzz kills
- Hypocrites
- Inflexible
- Lapdogs
- Micromanager
- Not taking action
- Optimizing in their favor
- Paid more to do less
- Political
- Speaking in managementese
- Spineless
- Super Touchie Feelie
- Taking credit for my work
- Wishy-washy
