David Summerton Business Consulting
Things Bad Managers Do Lying to cover for themselves when things go wrong: rather than facing up to bad personal decisions, the blame gets shifted onto others Putting their own ego ahead of what is best for the team or wider organisation: rather than sacrificing your own benefit and stature for the greater good Taking …
What Does Ineffective Management Look Like? The list could be endless but as a minimum try to avoid the following traps! Poor communication (content, style, approach) Disengaged and disinterested in the organisation and the team Toxic “atmosphere” Not sharing information Knowledgeable but no conviction Shows a lack of direction Lack of self confidence Lacks engagement …
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What Poor Managers Do Manage the bottom line: having a total and unhealthy obsession with the financial aspects of activity. Making plans for every action: no spontaneity or learning is necessary! Move managers around frequently and at short notice so that they never get to know anything else but just general management. Never allow managers …
6 Management Failures To Avoid The following six features of poor management style will definitely derail and seriously limit your managerial career: Lack of sensitivity to others around you, being abrasive and intimidating. Acting cold, aloof and being arrogant. Being systematically untrustworthy – on even the smallest matter! Being overly ambitious; this includes a cynical …
How To Deal With A Bad Boss It is a sad fact of life that in the workplace we will all inevitably come across a line manager who is, to put it bluntly, poor. Poor at many things possibly, poor and just a few things possibly, totally poor – very likely. What does that feel …
5 Ways To Deal With A Bad Boss It is a sad fact of life that in the workplace we will all inevitably come across a line manager who is, to put it bluntly, poor. Poor at many things possibly, poor and just a few things possibly, totally poor – very likely. What does that …
How To Identify A Poor Manager Poor managers deliver little value to any organisation: they have a detrimental effect upon those around them, contribute nothing or very little to the bottom line, sap the collective motivational spirit in any workplace and stimulate both low productivity and high staff retention. So what sort of strategies do …
Flaunting Managerial Power What’s power if you can’t flaunt it? Forget the wider noble intentions – managers want to have power and be able to show that they have it for all to see. For most managers, management is about personal ambitions; power, money, status. One of the last taboos is to discuss how much …
Classifying Bad Managers Going through your working life you will inevitably come across a range of managers and management styles; this is as certain as death, taxes and getting indigestion from poorly prepared seafood. To some extent it is worth reflecting and sharing the pain/joy of collecting a rich range of experiences which will inevitably …
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