Details 09 April 2021
The advertising industry is riddled with long-hours, tight deadlines and sometimes unreasonable demands. When working in such stressful environments, good leadership is required to rally the team together and boost morale. However, not all have the fortune of working with a great boss. Sadly, a toxic leader can be damaging to employee welfare and mental health.
According to
MARKETING-INTERACTIVE s sister publication
Human Resources Online, which cited a Gallup study, 75% of employees left their job not because of the job itself but because of their bosses. Interestingly, a book by Barbara Kellerman titled Bad Leadership said there are seven types of toxic leaders:
Commentary: Allowing China to host the Olympics would be a mistake
Todd L. Pittinsky
FacebookTwitterEmail
It worked for Hitler. The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin provided the Nazis with propaganda and legitimacy. Opposition within Germany was weaker after the Olympics than it had been before them. In fact, while the games were underway, the Nazis were using slave labor to build a huge new concentration camp in nearby Sachsenhausen.
And now, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing offer a perfect opportunity to repeat this mistake.
China today under Xi Jinping is more than a little like Hitler’s Germany in 1936. We have the dictator with no term limit. We have the arbitrary incarceration of political enemies. We have the bans on religion. We have an aggressive even vengeful foreign policy. The Chinese Communist Party secretary described Uyghur terrorists as “rats that needed to be chased and ‘beaten down.’” But while Germany in 1936 was on the verge of the genocide of a pe
How to Deal With a Toxic Boss lifehacker.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lifehacker.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How to tell if you are a toxic boss (or work for one) Details Published: 01 April 2021
It s no secret that bosses play a huge role in workplace culture - they can either inspire employees to work better, or make them wish they worked elsewhere. Here s a guide to identifying if you are, or deal with, one of the seven types of toxic leaders.
It s no secret that bosses play a huge role in how employees perceive their workplace - when bosses are nurturing, respectful and approachable, employees are more motivated and engaged.
On the other hand, when a boss has toxic characteristics, they then negatively impact the culture of the workplace, creating an unwelcoming environment for employees.
The warning signs of a toxic boss (and what to do if you have one)
Think you may be dealing with a toxic boss? This flow chart might help you find out.
Working life has been hard enough over the past 12 months, and the last thing you need is a leader who makes it worse. A toxic boss can negatively impact the quality of your immediate work and wellbeing, but can also have long-term effects on your career.
Barbara Kellerman, a lecturer in public leadership at Harvard University and the author of Bad Leadership, has said that “bad leaders are more similar to good leaders than they are different”. According to Kellerman, both good and bad leaders are intelligent and have high levels of energy, a strong drive for power and achievement, decisiveness and determination.