Bad small brains? Read that in cantonese and you'll know what i mean.
Anyway,I’ve observed four types of bad bosses.
The first is the true boss from hell, mean spirited and powerful, who uses his position and authority to intimidate and use people. Yes, there is still such abuse in business today, especially in privately held enterprises.
The second is the functionally incompetent boss. He may be well-intentioned, but his lack of leadership and management skill eventually creates such confusion and turmoil that people are exhausted.
The third is the emotionally incompetent boss. You could confront this leader with his problem all day long, but in the end he would still be in denial. This is describedas a lack of emotional intelligence (a key predictor of leadership effectiveness).
The fourth is the positional boss. These bosses are often found in professional service organizations. They are in these positions, not because of proven ability to lead and manage, but because of seniority or standing as partners. Often these bosses are detached, seeking to do the minimum to protect their own compensation formulas. They allow conditions to continue in their companies that are adverse to others as long as they do not suffer personally in the short run. Aside from their own personal interests, decision making is always about the numbers, and not about the people.
And of course,there are combinations of the above.
In certain working places, if you are unlucky enough, you may also encounter a donkey boss.
This type of boss (note the singular verb) is indeed a rare breed.
The boss smiles by strecthing the cheeks apart and if you observe quite closely, you would almost thought that donkey boss injects Botox to freeze those intra-juction muscular muscle around the eyes, as there are absolutely no crows feet visible! Why? Its the cheeks that is moving nia ma!
Donkey boss will have this way of using the soft a feather voice to coo you into doing something for her (oppps, i had disclose the gender!)
Will purposely walk one round and stand behind your PC to see if you are working or blogging.
Have high tendency to bug you in IM with pickup line " Hi, John" (Something like that) and i swear when the IM message popped up on your screen halfway while working, you would definately imagine her toothy fake Botox grin.
Donkey Boss is also a combination of all the above bosses listed except that she is NOT powerful, incompetant and dresses like a scarecrow faithfully guarding the paddy fields.
Enough said.
So, what kind of boss do YOU have?
Note - This entry is inspired by a jackass who had made the working life of everyone miserable for the pass week.
Anyway,I’ve observed four types of bad bosses.
The first is the true boss from hell, mean spirited and powerful, who uses his position and authority to intimidate and use people. Yes, there is still such abuse in business today, especially in privately held enterprises.
The second is the functionally incompetent boss. He may be well-intentioned, but his lack of leadership and management skill eventually creates such confusion and turmoil that people are exhausted.
The third is the emotionally incompetent boss. You could confront this leader with his problem all day long, but in the end he would still be in denial. This is describedas a lack of emotional intelligence (a key predictor of leadership effectiveness).
The fourth is the positional boss. These bosses are often found in professional service organizations. They are in these positions, not because of proven ability to lead and manage, but because of seniority or standing as partners. Often these bosses are detached, seeking to do the minimum to protect their own compensation formulas. They allow conditions to continue in their companies that are adverse to others as long as they do not suffer personally in the short run. Aside from their own personal interests, decision making is always about the numbers, and not about the people.
And of course,there are combinations of the above.
In certain working places, if you are unlucky enough, you may also encounter a donkey boss.
This type of boss (note the singular verb) is indeed a rare breed.
The boss smiles by strecthing the cheeks apart and if you observe quite closely, you would almost thought that donkey boss injects Botox to freeze those intra-juction muscular muscle around the eyes, as there are absolutely no crows feet visible! Why? Its the cheeks that is moving nia ma!
Donkey boss will have this way of using the soft a feather voice to coo you into doing something for her (oppps, i had disclose the gender!)
Will purposely walk one round and stand behind your PC to see if you are working or blogging.
Have high tendency to bug you in IM with pickup line " Hi, John" (Something like that) and i swear when the IM message popped up on your screen halfway while working, you would definately imagine her toothy fake Botox grin.
Donkey Boss is also a combination of all the above bosses listed except that she is NOT powerful, incompetant and dresses like a scarecrow faithfully guarding the paddy fields.
Enough said.
So, what kind of boss do YOU have?
Note - This entry is inspired by a jackass who had made the working life of everyone miserable for the pass week.
2 comments:
post that is true enough. you have voiced out many's thoughts. Donkey behavior and scarecrow look, Perfect!
So true, I'm speechless!!
I just hope all the bosses regardless which type they belong to, start to change for good.
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