Have you ever been employed and had to deal with one of these two types of managers?
The Divisive Manager
When an individual is promoted to a supervisory role is typically due to exceptional work performance and leadership performance. However, some individuals when given a supervisor role take advantage cause favoritism to certain employees and more discipline to those that don’t need it. “If this manager was promoted from within the team, he or she still goes out to lunch with old friends on the team, excluding others. Unfortunately, the divisive manager appears to be all too common. Playing favorites is a top employee complaint about bosses, according to a 2011 survey conducted for CareerBuilder .com” (Meinert p.32).
The Micro-Manager
The manager constantly leaning over your shoulder after given a task two minutes prior to seeing where you are at with it. Having a customer on the phone while trying to three tasks at once and a manager in your ear asking how the task is coming can be rather frustrating. The employee can lose focus and become very distracted losing overall customer satisfaction and hurting potential revenue for a company.
References
Meinert, D. (2014). 5 TYPES OF BAD BOSSES. HR Magazine, 59(8), 26.
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