What is toxic management? (Updated) Part 1

One of the buzz topic we hear a load about is how toxic management is bad. But how do you recognise it?

It can be simple in theory to an outsider. But can you see it when your directly effected? And can one person's  prespection of toxic management be fine to some one else.

Toxic management make the worker fell bad . (But every one is different) And bullying can take many forms (Just one method/means of been a toxic manager) And what one person perceive as problem other may not and all these thing can make it hard to recognise. It can be different.

It can lead to any of the follow or all (plus others?) 

• Increased Labour turnover 
• Increased absenteeism 
• Reduced productivity 
• Lost business

Are any of these things Toxic management?

• Micro management
• Bullying 
• Favouritism
• Turning a blind eye  
• Poor communcation skills E.g. Shouting at people or even worse swearing 

 Yes
Lets look at turning a blind eye
The company has rules for a reason and lets say manger A lets worker B break those rules but enforce them on every one else. What happens? It leads to a felling that no mater what worker B can do what they want and Every one else can't they may even have to pick up the slack for worker B and that can/does cause tension. Tension is bad it can lead to stress and that is (Stress in work place) a big problem in the modern work place (results can be more staff than normal on sick). And Tension leads to a place been unpleasant to work in.And that is the major factor in toxic management making a work place unpleasant.
But why is it allowed to happen?
That is to complex an issue to go into in detail

• The manager does not realise the situation is happening 
•  The manager does not care 
• The manager is not capable of their role 
• The only way a manager know how to do things 

These are only a few reason and are generic to all forms of toxic management 

In fact I would go as far as to suggest that most problem as business face in regards employees is in some form or other related to toxic management.

Again I would be suprised if most of us have not experinced this in some form first hand. 

Are some type of company more prone to this type of management problem? I would suggest it is ripe in low paided job enviroments among others were the staff are just a number.among others. 

You can learn a lot about a company by how it treats it's people. It is one of the core factors in been a socially responsaible business which all business should be striving for. 

Simple rule of thumb TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WISHED TO BE TREATED,!

Thanks for reading 

What televison can teach business? Updated expanded

There is a wealth of business programs on Uk tele but in fact that the sort of tv I am referring to. It is more you every day drama and comedy in the soap you have business and in cartoon and that what I on about here. 

The Simpson 

May seem strange but bear with me a second

A yes man is dangerous. 

In the Simpson Smither is Mr Burn yes man just telling him what he want to hear. In one example when laying staff of Burns make a his mknd based on look and that Homer has Glass a good adviser would have not just agreed with a stupied idea as keeping your worst staff member because they look right. 2 further things here Burns is disconnected from his business and has only one adviser of sort a yes man meaning bad management decisions go unchallenged. 

Can Mr Burns teach us anything Else? 

Know your staff.

This is easier in smaller business than bigger companies and it not clear where the Nuclear power plant sit in this bracket. But in Burns case he know none of his work force even the likes of Homer who has been tgere a very long time. 

His lack of knowledge on his work force is of course a sympton of his been disconnected and having no hand on role whsts so ever. But it is bad because his lack of intrest can be a factor i  demovating a workforce if it was real world.