A good boss can provide incentives, development, guidance, support, but also fair and constructive criticism, the staff into an efficient team. Such bosses are often remembered for many years and have a lasting impact on their careers.
But what if you have got a "bad" boss?
What should I do if there is some shortcomings of not having these advantages?
Are you laughing and laughing twice and enduring? To complain to the top? To find a chance to escape? Still think of other ways?
Take a look at the following two examples:
Sheila is a well-known manager in a well-known manufacturing company. A few years ago, the company asked her to set up a team responsible for investing in startups and introducing new technology into the company's supply chain. Because it is a small project, Sheila's head, managing the supply chain boss to her also less attention. However, her team attracted the attention of CFO and CEO because the company provided a series of services and soon began to contact them frequently.
Unfortunately, these success stories from Sheila and management sparked the jealousy and concern of the boss. The following year, the boss halted the introduction of more resources and gave Hilary a poor rating, and also let go of Sheila saying he was "not good at management." Sheila boss finally disbanded her team, let her engage alone.
Howard is a manager in a large statement science company, with great potential. For the past two years, he has been leading a well-appraised team of analysts to provide performance reports to business units. But when the introduction of a foreign financial analysis of the new leader, Howard did not do anything right. The boss criticized him for doing the wrong thing, belittling his team members, provoking him and his business unit (their clients), and hearing nothing. When Howard could not stand working with the boss, could not stand a closer personal relationship with him, he was harshly "waiting", and need to "re-examine" whether he is suitable for the job.
Obviously, these two examples are a bit extreme (although I have many more examples to name a few). However, it can explain how a bad boss can subdue out of breath, how uneasy, nowhere to run away.
If Sheila or Howard complain to other ranks at the same level, the situation can not only worsen but also corroborate the so-called "hard to manage" and "hard to wait." If they resort to their own concerns for HR or management, they may be labeled as troublemakers or unmanageable affiliates. But if they do nothing, they feel painful again and they will lose their respect from them. Can be described as retreat Valley!
Fortunately, (after all) there is still a choice. Although not necessarily effective, it is also worth a try.
First of all, wait for things to pass.
Bad boss may like to hegemony, finally tired of torturing others, especially sometimes can not find someone else how. The trick is to get the job done and make sure you're still working on it.
In many cases, the bad boss's actions are obvious to all. It is obvious that if you do not complain, you will be treated as a positive manifestation. Over time, the bad boss may be more self-destruction, lost faith in people. In fact, Howard's boss is the case, and finally marginalized by their own. Howard eventually held a senior position in another part of the company.
The second method is to find a way out from the inside out.
Think of it as a chance to re-examine your career, work-life priorities, and how you define success. When nothing stimulates us to think about our own trajectory, we go along an established path, which is more comfortable, though not most suitable.
A bad boss motivates you to think about what you really want. What happened to Sheila was that the chaos brought by her boss prompted her to think about opening up a new company with the connections she had built over the years. In the long run, his boss pushed her in the other direction.
No one wants to meet the bad boss himself. But if you're off, there's still salvation.