Top ten Sins

Take a look at this, this article is pretty interesting

Bosses' 10 biggest sins
Survey finds that managers who take the buddy-buddy approach and micromanage are top offenders.



NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If you're reading this at work, and your boss walks by, you have two choices: Hide the screen (now would really be best), or exclaim loudly that you can't believe how lucky you are to work for someone who defies every awful boss stereotype there is.

Point out, for instance, that nothing about your manager's leadership style shows up in the following list of top 10 "boss sins" identified in a survey of 900-plus employees by HR consulting firm Development Dimensions International and Badbossology.com.



How good a boss are you? A good manager understands how employees feel about their jobs. You may think you understand what your workers want, but do you really know what motivates them?

Here are the bad things (my opinon of myself in here)

ries too hard to be everyone's friend (no)
Micromanages (guilty)
Ignores conflict (guilty)
Arrogant (who me?)
Wishy-washy (No)
Impulsive (to a fault)
Unable to delegate (no)
Impatient (yup)
Stubborn (no)
Unprofessional (no)
Then emphasize how many of the traits on the surveyed employees' "wish" list that your boss does possess:

Trust in one's employees (you have to do this)
Honesty/authenticity (see above)
Great team-building skills (that's what you delegate for)
Effective coaching skills (see above)
The ability to say "no" (easy)
A broader perspective (harder then it sounds)
Patience (no)
Decision-making skills (yes)
If your manager is a woman, skip the part about how 70 percent of respondents between the ages of 34 and 45 said they'd prefer to work for a man.


Anywho, how does your boss compare to me? I think this would be educational.

Also, I cut this article, if you wan to see the full write up, go here:

http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/16/pf/b...ion=2006101613

I could never work in the corporate world.

This is exactly the kind of shit that proves how useless HR really is.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

This is exactly the kind of shit that proves how useless HR really is.

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I couldn't agree with you more Gozen (shocking eh?) HR is about worthless. They disqualify good candidates based on inane observations about resumes, resolve problems terribly, and as I am learning, gossip more than a gaggle of 14 year old girls.

The HR department in my company is loaded with babes. So is the service company. So is well, pretty much everywhere except for mine.

I really don't know anything about HR except that.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

The HR department in my company is loaded with babes. So is the service company. So is well, pretty much everywhere except for mine.

I really don't know anything about HR except that.

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The less you know the better, when they start coming around you're either getting promoted or fired. Trust me though, they know you come to TNL and they check your email, that's a fact.

I guess I should tell you how I know.

We get a weekly report of all activity at a desk that's decided is non-productive. Including where you go, what you did there, and how many repeated emails went out to addresses that don't belong to customers (and yes, we read them we are assholes). Then we waste 30 minutes (any meeting over 15 minutes is a waste) deciding if we are going to write up the person or not.

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

The less you know the better, when they start coming around you're either getting promoted or fired. Trust me though, they know you come to TNL and they check your email, that's a fact.

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LOL you make them sound like la cosa nostra or something.

"if you here them coming, you're already dead".

I know they know my email and surfing habits, def.

Now, would that be his HR dept, or his IT dept?

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Originally Posted by Chux

Now, would that be his HR dept, or his IT dept?

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They work together.

IT pulls off websites per IP address (I think, I'm no pro) and they send out a list of all emails that look non work related (Hint: Putting RFQ, or UPDATE on an email to your woman will not fool anyone) the ones that relay company information or what our HR considers "damaging" material are sent out in a report by department. Funny how IT never violates these rules.

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

The less you know the better, when they start coming around you're either getting promoted or fired. Trust me though, they know you come to TNL and they check your email, that's a fact.

I guess I should tell you how I know.

We get a weekly report of all activity at a desk that's decided is non-productive. Including where you go, what you did there, and how many repeated emails went out to addresses that don't belong to customers (and yes, we read them we are assholes). Then we waste 30 minutes (any meeting over 15 minutes is a waste) deciding if we are going to write up the person or not.

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"Decided is non-productive"? You're a robot. It must suck being so fake.