Are you dealing with a bad manager? Dealing with a
difficult boss can make going to work less fun
than doing your taxes. And bad bosses are the
leading reason why good employees quit. But before
you put in your resignation to get away from your
bad manager, watch this video and find out if you
can reform them. If you're ready to give it a try
and tap that like button. And let's jump straight
into it. The first thing to do when you're dealing
with a bad boss is to de personalize the
situation. Sure their bad boss behavior is
impacting you, but it actually has nothing to do
with you. In my experience, bad managers aren't
malicious managers help that on making your life
miserable eight F, they just have no idea what
they're doing. Sometimes they're just doing their
best, even if it's not very best. And while you
should not be gossiping at work, especially about
your boss, you may have noticed that they're a bad
boss to everyone an equal opportunity bad leader,
if you will, in most cases that I see the real
problem with your bad manager is that they just
have no clue on how to actually be a manager, let
alone an effective leader. Those somehow they've
ended up acting like some bad caricature from a 90
sitcom. It's not really their fault, though. It's
usually because of a lack of training. And that
brings us to our next step to deal with a bad
manager. And that is to have empathy. Imagine
working hard to get a promotion at work. You are
delighted and so excited for this next step you
daydream about what a great job you're going to
do. I know what a great manager you're going to
be. I mean, you certainly have zero intentions of
becoming someone's nightmare manager. But in the
real world, it's often much more like a Pinterest
expectations versus reality. Chad is the most
wonderful leader ever. Oh my god, Chad is the
actual worst. Okay, team, go do the work. WTF is
everyone doing? And why won't they reply to my
emails? Oh, Susie, I'm so glad you came to me for
assistance. Susie, what were you thinking? Why
didn't you come and ask for help? Well, you get
the picture. It's rare to meet someone who
actually wants to create a bad team culture name
one person who dreamed of growing up to become the
bad boss. The problem is a positive team culture
takes work and many managers receive a little to
no training on how to do just that. And that is
why this next step can be so helpful. When you are
dealing with a bad manager, it's time for you to
start managing. Okay, I know what you might be
thinking. But guess what they're making you
miserable is your problem, to be honest, until you
quit, they might not care. Luckily, managing up
can help you manage a bad boss, you can guide them
on decision making that impacts your role, and
even on how to manage you more effectively. This
is so powerful when you're dealing with a bad
boss, then I have an entire video on it in case
you want to check it out. After this one, I'll
drop the link in the description bar. And we can
move into the fourth step in dealing with a
difficult manager I guess, to their limitations.
You're bad managers, human you know and all humans
are flawed even you which is shocking because
you're so awesome. Just like you managers have
their strengths and their weaknesses and the
weaknesses that are making your bad boss into a
bad boss might be limitations that you can adapt
to. For example, if your manager is bad at
communicating updates proactively to your team,
you can regularly ask them for updates or you can
manage up with your bad boss and suggest a regular
team meeting your bad managers limitations are not
things that you will be able to fix they have to
do that on their own. But if you can mitigate or
just expectations, it might make your bad boss
much less bothersome. If you have reached this
phase and your boss is still intolerable. It is
time to move into the next step in dealing with a
difficult boss and that is to act with awareness.
The action you might be daydreaming of taking
might look like after this horrible person I quit
fantasizing about quitting in a blaze of glory can
be fun, but don't do it. Perhaps instead you can
try speaking with them the other day on LinkedIn
someone shared this awesome quote with me Don't
assume malice when stupidity will suffice. Most
people are dreadfully on self aware that a word
speaking to your bad manager about your concerns
about how they deliver feedback, your level of
supervision that's reasonable I II, not
micromanagement and the like it may actually
enlighten them to the problem and then they can
fix it. This can be hard to do when the impact I
frequently see when someone is working with a bad
manager has taken hold. If you're a bad manager
has undermined or impacted your confidence at
work, you might have lost sight about how awesome
you are and whether you're dealing with a bad boss
are planning to move into a new role or even a new
company to escape your bad manager. You need to
know what makes you so great. If you don't already
know your UAQ, you're Unique Awesomeness
uotient. I have a resource down below that is
going to help you figure it all out. If at this
stage though, you've decided that the next step is
to ask away, you're going to speak to their boss
or to human resources, ask yourself a really quick
question. Will this help complaining about your
boss might not win you any favors. Before you take
that step, be aware of the possible and the likely
impact of the action, you will know for sure until
you try But do remember that every action has a
reaction. And that brings me to the next step in
dealing with a bad boss. And that is to know what
you're dealing with. There is a massive difference
between a bad boss who can be reformed or at least
be minimally annoying, and a toxic manager. After
all, even when you have a boss that you adore,
they're going to do things that you don't like
sometimes even the best bosses can be bad bosses,
but a toxic manager is truly going to up the ante
and in my opinion, the only effective strategy to
deal with them is an escape plot. In my next
video, I'm going to deep dive into the difference
between a bad manager and a toxic manager. If you
want to see that one. Make sure that you're
subscribed. In the meantime go and check out this
video right now with the signs of a toxic manager.
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