Bad Boss #1 - The Angry and Demeaning Boss, Part 5

The Grave and Gathering Threat of Bad Bosses

M&M

After listening to your last podcast on Angry and Demeaning Bosses, I must congratulate you on your most accurate description of the situation and your realistic solution for a manager stuck with a bad boss.

Unfortunately, looking at this solution from a SYSTEMS point of view, one will not find the advice the best because it misses important chances for system enhancement. The solution tacitly advocates the "Grieving Model,"  perpetuating bad bosses who never get stomach ulcers themselves but give them to their directs. Too many people, employed or unemployed, are walking around wounded and yet restricted to speak up. 

And those in transition are faced with even harsher pressures of keeping stiff upper lips, imposed by a culture of hiding mismanagement issues under the carpet. For example, established norms of not bad mouthing the ex-boss, fear of not receiving unemployment insurance, fear of receiving poor references,  advice to resort only to writing "poison letters" -letters addressing grievances that are never sent out but considered as having therapeutic values, etc.  Unfortunately this culture of hiding mismanagement has been tacitly encouraged and supported by various state and federal labor agencies, spreading and prolonging the misery. 
 
The general public is also still unaware of and misguided by the wrong metrics and statistics. For example, if one speaks about a woman having been bullied at workplace, the most likely general misconception would be that of sexual harassment -  a report by "The Workplace Bullying & Trauma Institute" shows that women bullies choose women targets 87% of of the time!  The evidence of need for a speedy course change in "mismanagement" area is mounting by the various reports and publications of sociologists, OD and clinical psychologists.

If you'd like a few references to explore this grave and gathering mismanagement threat, here are my recommendations:
 
1) "How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis,"  Ichak Adizes

2) "How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive without Killing Your Boss," John Hoover, Ph.D

3) "Coping with Toxic Managers, Subordinates, and Other Difficult People,"  Roy H. Lubit, M.D., Ph.D

4) "Get Them On Your Side," Samuel B. Bacharach

5) "The Bully at Work," Gary Namie, Ph.D. & Ruth Namie, Ph.D.

6) "The Allure of Toxic Leaders," Jean Lipman-Blumen

7) "The Boss from the Outer Space and Other Aliens at Work," Patricia J. Addesso, Ph.D."

8) "Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots," Vicky Oliver

9) "When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses," William Lundin, Ph.D.

Websites:
Bullying Institute: http://www.bullyinginstitute.org/
The WorkDoctor : http://workdoctor.com/

Finally while you are increasing your knowledge, need I remind you of  what M&M quoted?

"Tell the truth to your boss and the truth will set you free!"
 
Malekz

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