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Surviving a bad boss

Surviving a bad boss

Sadly, too many of us know what it means to work for a bad boss. This could include a boss who is bad at the actual job or, as is often the case, they're good at the job but really bad at dealing with people. How would you judge your boss? I want you to consider a few indicators that your boss might need a leadership tune-up. Ask yourself if you're seeing any of these. First, is public criticism or demeaning behaviors. From time to time everyone needs to receive tough feedback, but a great boss knows that you always praise in public, and save critical feedback for private interactions. And in general, remember, there really is no place for negative fear based tactics at work. Next, think about their planning skills. Poor planners tend to do everything at the last moment which forces the team to deal with emergency after emergency. That reduces the team's confidence in you and creates lots of unneeded stress. Excessive micromanaging is another bad boss trait. Maybe they're high strung…

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