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Why We Allow Bad Bosses

Regardless of the name on the building, we all work for a person: the boss. Considerable research points to the importance of the relationship between employees and their supervisor for engagement, productivity, and longevity and most of us would agree … Continue reading

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Should That Manager Stay or Go?

Standup comics, newspaper cartoons, and water cooler jokes use the woes of a bad boss as material on a regular basis.  An incompetent supervisor affects an organization in a number of ways. A previous posting summarized the impact that poor … Continue reading

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Do You Have a Bossy Boss?

Sometimes our face says it all.  I recently interviewed a group of employees about their organization and its leadership.  Every time I asked about one of the managers, the interviewee’s face twisted like I had given them something sour to … Continue reading

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