Comments on: An Honest Note to All the Sucky Managers

By: Good Boss or Bad Boss? | Matthew Carpenter-Arevalo

Good Boss or Bad Boss? | Matthew Carpenter-Arevalo — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:01:19 +0000

[...] a quick link for you all today: my article on how to know if you’re a sucky boss was discussed in this article from Psychology today. Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmailLike [...]

By: Vitra

Vitra — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:37:00 +0000

Good points! I had the misfortune to have a manager who had never done what his staff did. So when we had legit issues or criticism, he didn’t get it and it was soooo frustrating.

By: Managing A Toxic Boss + Knowing When And How To Leave

Managing A Toxic Boss + Knowing When And How To Leave — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:23:03 +0000

[...] help for you. Brazen Careerist has a great article which discusses how to know if you’re a crappy manager. This applies to managers, supervisors, CEOs, directors and anyone else who managers a team of [...]

By: An Honest Note to All the Sucky Managers - The Career Coach's Blog

An Honest Note to All the Sucky Managers - The Career Coach's Blog — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:01:12 +0000

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By: Are you a sucky manager? | Soul Rebel

Are you a sucky manager? | Soul Rebel — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:02:04 +0000

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By: Rebecca Thorman

Rebecca Thorman — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:24:00 +0000

Some good points in here I can definitely relate to. I think an important lesson with managers is that being likeable (which is what makes you a great employee) does not also make you a good manager. I’ve had very likeable managers that did a horrible job actually managing- they were road blocks, never gave feedback, and generally didn’t seem interested in the work I was doing (and yet, would always give me raises and positive reviews when during performance review times rolled around). If you’re checked out, it’s no fun to work for you, even if you are nice.

By: Steve Borek

Steve Borek — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:19:00 +0000

All good sucky observations. I’ll address Suck #6.

Mangers or leaders, for some reason, don’t want to know too much about their people. I don’t know why. As an executive and leadership coach, for me it comes naturally.

If this is a challenge, and you want to make it easier, have your team take a high quality scientifically backed behavioral assessment. Quality means it’s going to cost you more. My tool of choice is TriMetrix HD which is three assessments in one.

TMHD measures behaviors, values, and personal talents and skills, as well as EI.

The key is WHAT you do with the report. The magic is not in the wand it’s the wizard.

This post didn’t suck. Grazie.