The Bad Boss Handbook: 33 Things You Probably Shouldn't Do

In this handbook, you’ll find 33 habits of bad bosses that cause employers untold problems in bottomed-out morale, continuous and snowballing turnover and the kind of productivity fit for Sunday drivers, plus:

• How to lose your most engaged employees in an instant (trading them for zombies who sleep-walk through their eight-hour shift)
• Why this one major misstep leads to almost all misunderstandings (and causes your employees the most frustration)
• The reason why telling your team everything is “OK” or “satisfactory” is a bad idea
• How to relay potentially unpopular news from upper management to your team, while being supportive of the corporate decision and supporting your team’s concerns
• The steady response that makes your team feel like saying: “why even bother”
• Enforcing this inconsistently can bring on disastrous legal consequences
• The single best way to demoralize your employees and guaranteed to make any manager unpopular at best
• Being fearful of this facet of management deflates morale and destroys respect
• What you should never do to your employees – even if it’s by accident (this one mistake makes it almost impossible to bounce back from)

We can all agree that there is no one perfect management style that will make every kind of employee happy all day, every day, 365 days a year – It’s just not possible.

These are the undeniable traits that – no matter who you are and what management style you use – make for a bad boss.