Thursday, March 22, 2007

10 sins of a Bad Manager

I love this article in a recent "recruit" section of the newspaper. For those who have yet to read it, let me highlight the 10 points here and also give the details on my favourite O3 sins (especially point 10!!!)
  1. Never sell change when you can demand it
  2. Humiliate your staff frequently --> Develop a varied arsenal of "looks" to master the subtle put-down. A well-placed sigh and a "that was dumb" stare can work wonders in silencing your people. ... When they react, just say:"Can't you take a joke with overreacting like most women do?"
  3. Tell them how useless they are
  4. Get personal --> ...When they miss a deadline, question their ability to handle responsibility.
  5. Make them feel lucky to still have a job
  6. Never give strategic direction until you have to
  7. When things go wrong, you know who to sacrifice
  8. Build your own corporate torture chamber --> Know how to schedule hours to produce maximum aggravation.
  9. Never give recognition --> It sets the stage for complacency. After all they are lucky they have a job.
  10. Use fear as a great motivator. --> ...make a scene by threatening their job on-the-spot. If you abuse them privately, there will be no witnesses...
You will be butchered at the drinking fountains, but do not let petty gossip get in your way. You will feel lonely, but that goes with creating the illusion of power.

*Article by motivational speaker Terry L Paulson*

I think the above is an excellent match to O3...right? The bosses have no idea how many sins they are committing as bad, no, lousy and downright awful managers.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

that's really still happening at O3. Even now they don't have enough resources but still doing the same habbit. How many more o3-bers they want to sack / see them resigning? At the end only the holy trinity will remain to achieve their holy goal. Very sad actually that O3 can be a very successful company but The Uberbauz can't handle their people. O3 is just like a car without fuel.