Woe 101: Bad Management Practices (i.e. Toxic Behaviors)
The Latest Research:
Bullying workplaces have lots of perceived overload, personal agendas, change, unresolved conflict, prejudices, and "victimized" oriented members who bring their old wounds to this environment. Pressures to perform in this kind of environment will result in health and performance problems in costly epidemic proportions.
According to research bullies are managers. Both men and women exhibit bullying behavior.
Place a checkmark in front of the toxic behaviors you have witnessed in your workplace environment. Be honest and if you are a manager CHECK yourself!
| Has to be right! | |
| Micromanages | |
| Reworks / Rewrites work of others (over edits memos, emails, etc.) | |
| Blames others when things go wrong | |
| Is impatient with information s/he doesn't want to hear | |
| Is risk adverse fearing taking right action | |
| Takes credit for the work of others | |
| Takes personal stress out on others (yelling, screaming) | |
| Is dishonest and unethical | |
| Cannot be trusted with personal or confidential information | |
| Is biased or prejudiced toward others due to uncontrollable traits (age, race, disability, pregnancy, etc.) | |
| Uses inappropriate or hostile humor in front of staff or strangers | |
| Is not flexible when s/he needs to be | |
| Is the "gossip"! | |
| Is disorganized and forgetful about commitments made | |
| Is defensive when given feedback that is necessary | |
| Seeks personal approval -- insecure | |
| Exhibits odd behavior in public or meetings | |
| Only looks out for Number One | |
| Interrupts, is a poor listener | |
| Puts others down, ridicules others | |
| Does not follow through on commitments (poor team skills) | |
| Procrastinates and delays action | |
| Is incompetent making many mistakes | |
| Is inaccessible or missing in action when needed |
Results: (Result)
Selection of more that 5 of these behaviors exposes the organization to unacceptable risks.