Category: BUSINESSMAN’S BLUES

I recently wrote about “Nine Managers from Hell” so, it is only fair to set the record straight and speak of managers who showed me how to be a better manager. By the way, I am not talking about leaders and leadership, that’s something altogether different. From personal experience, the most impressive leaders I have come across were actually terrible managers. Let’s face it, to find an inspirational leader who also happens to be a great manager would be…

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A lot of professionals consider promotion to a management position as a final destination rather than a start of a journey. Incompetent management comes in a variety of forms. I am sure you can think of a bunch of them yourself but here are my favourite 9 types: The Omniscient Manager: Once a budding manager assumes leadership role, he magically acquires “omniscience” so everyone in his team must hang on to every word he says and preferably make notes…

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