When Good People Become Bad Bosses

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 06:40:24 +0000

As soon as the words ‘bad boss’ is mentioned most people start imagining pictures of a wicked person, a crook, a tyrant, a scheming backstabbing individual, a selfish ogre, etc. And the typical textbook definition of a bad boss is one who screams, threatens, intimidates, grabs credit, fires people, throttles people’s necks, and so on. While such gory imaginations could be true in a few cases, it’s not so in a large percentage of cases. Actually, it’s not necessary to be a wicked person at all to be called a bad boss. Ironically, a good-natured or normal person can also fall into the category of a bad boss without exhibiting any boorish behaviors. To understand how there are a few common mistakes good people do to slowly transform themselves into bad bosses.