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29 tips for being a horrible supervisor that everyone hates

Tips for being a horrible supervisor, part 1
1) Involve yourself in every decision
2) Make everyone run on your schedule
3) Correct small mistakes to demonstrate that you’re smart
4) Refuse to give any feedback
5) Spend time on less important things so that you can ignore more important things
6) Refuse to let people do their jobs, then punish them for it
7) Don’t learn new skills or improve existing ones
8) Treat people as if they’re idiots
9) Never communicate about anything unless it’s trivial
10) Be inconsistent and unpredictable
10) Be inconsistent and unpredictable (2)
11) Build a sense of importance by talking about how busy you are all the time
12) Evaluate your employees on goals they have never seen before
13) Belittle your team over things both significant and insignificant
14) Don’t set clear priorities
15) Passive-aggressively remind people of the power your hold over them
16) Active-aggressively remind people of the power you hold over them
17) Cross personal boundaries
18) Physically invade people’s spaces
19) Delegate autonomy, but don’t really mean it
20) Play favorites with team members, and make it obvious
21) Criticize people in front of their coworkers
22) Send subtle messages to your employees that this is not a good fit for them
23) Don’t learn anything about your employees’ leadership and working styles
24) Become defensive at the slightest constructive feedback
25) Multi-task while interacting with others
26) Take credit for your employee’s ideas and work
27) Be completely insensitive regarding pay differential
28) Be paranoid that your employees are out to get you
28) Be paranoid that your employees are out to get you (2)
29) Get drunk at a gala (apparently, this is a major theme in our sector)
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Tips for being a horrible supervisor, part 1

Get some coffee and some aspirins ready; this may be a little painful. These shocking stories were sent in to US website nonprofitwithballs.com (which have been re-published with permissions) by employees who have less-than-helpful supervisors. Read, learn and enjoy!
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14 October 2016

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