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Last updated at 5:21 AM on 21st December 2010
Getting away: One in ten workers have taken up a new career to get away from bad management
Workers are quitting their jobs and even switching chosen careers because they’re fed-up with their boss.
A survey found 28 per cent of workers have moved work in an attempt to find someone who can motivate them more.
More than one in ten have taken up a completely new career in their search, while one in 20 has decided to set up their own business to get away from bad management.
Asked what they thought were the qualities of a good manager, the top
credentials were: Approachability (83 per cent), a good communicator
(82 per cent), supportive (81 per cent), a good leader (80 per cent)
and someone who respects their staff as individuals (76 per cent).
The report, compiled for bank First Direct also showed bad behaviour in the workplace is putting a strain on British business.
When working under a bad boss, employees report a loss of motivation
(47 per cent) and productivity (28 per cent), with one in five (18 per
cent) taking ‘sickies’ as an avoidance tactic.
Paul Say, First Direct’s Head of Marketing, said: ‘When it comes to fostering British creativity at work, it seems many managers are holding back the true potential of their staff.
‘More than three quarters of workers (77 per cent) think their boss does not encourage new ideas or allow self-expression.
‘The results make for bleak reading and given the current economic climate, so much untapped potential is a serious issue.
‘But valuing workers as individuals and embracing their creativity can make all the difference – which is why we have launched a new search to find and reward the best bosses in Britain.’
The findings are featured in the Colourful Lives Report by the Future Foundation, commissioned by first direct to mark its 21st birthday.
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I know how it feels! I’ve worked in academia for most of my career, where a PhD is the passport to senior management positions. While having a PhD doesn’t mean you don’t have management skills, it certainly doesn’t guarantee that you do. Yet many of the top management positions are held by individuals promoted on the basis of their PhDs, many of whom haven’t a clue how to manage a department or even how to interact with real, live, people! My last boss, head of our large academic services department, proved to be so appalling that they moved him to run (at the same salary, perks, and status, of course!) a department of just three people! He managed to turn this small department into the most dysfunctional organisation in the college system yet, when he was eventually fired, he was sent away with the most glowing of references!
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The real irony is most managers think they are doing an excellent job. In a recent survey 85% of managers have had no formal training whatsoever – and it shows.
I used to train managers but after 10 years of it I came to the conclusion it would be far easier to teach a Goldfish to eat it’s food with chopsticks, than to teach any of them them good leadership, motivational techniques, valuing their people and being transparent in their jobs – the hallmark of a great manager.
Surprising too how often promotion is used as an alternative to dismissal.
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In the real world, most bosses are promoted either through sychophancy or cliquishness, not because they are exemplary in their job. These are human traits and as long as they exist, bad bosses will always be around until the end of time.
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Mind you looking at the retail sector how often do you find a so called manager just out of nappies no life experiences and they are supposedly running a store or an area of a dep’t store and to be quite honest just do not have a clue I have been a manager worked in the music industry most of my life ie on the wholesale side iv’e seen them come and go I actually work for myself now still in the same type of Industry but its good not to put up with absolute C==P and to be in control of ones own destiny
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