Comments on: #43 – How to survive a bad manager

By: How to create great work environments « Scott Berkun

How to create great work environments « Scott Berkun — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:26:04 +0000

[...] Everyone has to work to set expectations.� An easy question I ask as a consultant, when people tell me of a problem they’ve having with someone at work, is this: Have you talked to them about it? 60-70% of the time they say no. If you feel your boss doesn’t let you learn from your mistakes, it’s up to you to ask for more space, making the argument you’ll be more productive/smarter/creative or whatever he wants from you if he treats you differently. And promise to prove it. Perhaps you can negotiate for only certain tasks to be freer than others. But if you never give the feedback, or (if you are the manager) explicitly state what you want, odds are slim you’ll ever get it. If your manager is unwilling to ever give you what you want, then accept it or move on. [...]

By: Bees Knees

Bees Knees — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:35:14 +0000

Well, you posted this essay quite some time ago, but I really enjoyed this one. I plan on doing the analysis of my boss in the next few days.

A few questions:

1) Where do you think the Human Resources office fits into all of this?

2) Why is Bad Manager Syndrome such an epidemic? I understand that alot of good people become bad managers simply because they learned that behavior…how can managers learn leadership? My company doesn’t have any kind of “Leadership Training” program, and I think it should.

Thanks again.

By: Mercy

Mercy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:16:48 +0000

I think you are great!

Thank you,

Mercy