I’m sure most of you have worked for bad boss before. If you
haven’t, consider yourself lucky.
Some examples of a bad boss include:
The Micro-Manager
·
Does not like to delegate tasks and hovers over
you
The Poor Communicator
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Gives you absolutely no direction and expects
you just to know what he/she wants
The Saboteur
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Undermines the efforts of employees
·
Takes credit for other employees ideas when
they’re successful and blames everyone else when ideas go south
Mixed Bag
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You never know what your boss will do next
·
Their mood changes just as fast as the weather
I've personally worked for a micro-manager and a poor communicator
before. In my experience it's
crucial to make the extra effort to
communicate with your boss and tell them what you want.
If you're working for a mixed bag or saboteur boss, it will be important to keep
your network around
you active, find a mentor in the company, and to
document your work.
The link below is an article that gives tips on how to
communicate with a bad boss
The following book is available at the Kwantlen Library:
The major techniques the book suggests are:
- Assess the different factors contributing to the situation
- Visualize possible options and outcomes
- Use visualization for goal setting, preparation, and planning
- Decide what's practical by weighing the positives and negatives
On a side note, when I was reading the above article, the
next suggested article was about, “How
to flirt with your boss”. Interesting…
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