Unfortunately, there are far too many ways for managers to make employees miserable.
So says researchers Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer — she’s a Harvard business professor, he’s a psychologist — who have been studying workplace dynamics for the past 15 years.
They outline their findings in a recent book, The Progress Principle.
Among the things they commonly found in the workplace is this four-step plan that’s sure to suck all the joy out of people’s work lives.