Survival lessons. Dealing with toxic executives

If, after reading the previous article , you came to the conclusion that work is dear to you, here is your favorite coffee and cookies, interesting conversations with colleagues at the cooler, table football and many other equally important reasons. You are absolutely sure that the conflict has nothing to do with you, and all the problems come from this monster, your toxic boss.  





Difficult leaders, poisonous bosses, people who drink your blood, because of whom you hate every Monday and do not want to go to your favorite job. What are these creatures, what are they and what are they with, can you find an approach to them or is it hopeless and you can safely update your resume? What are the first associations that come to mind?





Regardless of the level of sophistication of the approaches, they still have common features:





  • totalitarianism;





  • disrespect for the personal boundaries of employees;





  • sexism;





  • arrogance;





  • sudden or uncontrollable outbursts of aggression;





  • avoidance of responsibility and passivity in decision-making;





  • assigning the achievements of the entire team to yourself;





  • indifference to the team;





  • inability to distribute tasks in a team based on the individual competence of each employee;





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Accept only constructive criticism, let it serve as your source of growth. Don't make it your goal, by all means, to gain favor. Perhaps the reason is not in your work, but in the poisonous nature of the boss, there can be many true hidden reasons for vile behavior, but leave them to your boss's psychoanalyst.





 





The article is just my thoughts and observations, I do not urge you to follow these tips, but I hope they will be useful to someone.








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