Bad management | 3 habits of idiotic leaders

It is not uncommon to discover that one or more of your senior leaders are in-fact incompetent.

A TinyPulse employee engagement study from 2018 evidenced what many had already presumed, that most employees don’t leave a job, they leave a boss. After analysing data from over 25,000 employees across the world from January to October 2018, the research found that the vast majority of employees felt that their job was no longer sustainable due to the actions of their boss.

This is because an idiotic boss isn’t just a minor annoyance; their actions and poor decision-making impacts nearly every aspect of working life, making even the most desirable position a nightmare. Yet it’s still with surreal regularity that poor leaders are discovered in the workplace. At the time of publishing, the media is enveloped in the ongoing trial of Thomas Cook Boss Peter Fankhauser over his blatant mismanagement of the now-defunct company.

So why are so many boss’s incompetent? It may be because in the hiring process, the wrong skills are emphasised, whilst essential skills are ignored; a recent study by CareerBuilder.com shows that a massive 58% of managers said they didn’t receive any management training. It could also be because of a lack of communication; Leigh Branham, Author of The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave, revealed that 89% of bosses believe employees quit because they want more money. In reality, that number is just 12%.