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What makes a bad boss?
Workplace culture in the US and the UK might be different – but it seems some things are universal: including moaning about bosses.
A US-based global human resource consulting firm – Development Dimensions International – teamed up with badbossology.com, which describes itself as a bad-boss protection resource site, to find out leadership sins.
Top of the list were:
- Being everyone’s friend
- Micromanagement
- Arrogance – particularly male bosses
- Inability to delegate – particularly female bosses
- Risk averse – cited by four times as many male employees as female
The survey also asked for the top three qualities people would like to see in their bosses – trust in employees topped the list followed by honesty and integrity with team building skills in third place.
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Interviewees fail to prepare, poll reveals
Less than half of candidates prepare for job interviews, a survey from Office Team reveals.
The online poll revealed that 53 per cent of office workers admitted they could know more about the companies they apply to – and seven per cent say they know nothing at all about their prospective employer.
