Toxic leaders and how to recognize them by Kumudu
Toxic managers can often be found in organizations. According to a survey conducted, about 76% of managers are toxic managers. Experienced and talented employees in the company leave under such circumstances and other employees work under extreme pressure and stress.
Many toxic managers believe that intimidation is used to get
results. Their belief was that if employees were constantly afraid of losing
their jobs, being humiliated or being punished, they would do their utmost. The
reality is that intimidation and fear have the opposite effect. Instead, due to
extreme fear, the employee is unable to perform his duties properly.
Managers like this are always quick to punish rather than
correct when something goes wrong. Here employees do not try to learn from
mistakes and are reluctant to solve problems and expect help from the manager.
Such managers do not admit their mistakes and refrain from taking
responsibility. Instead, they blame others for neglect. On the contrary, the
same manager expects accountability from their employees.
At no point does the manager advance his hypothetical opinion
without attempting to understand the employee's actual situation.
The role of a manager is to train, support, develop and
assist employees to achieve their best work. This is done by delegating,
challenging and empowering employees to make independent decisions. Jordan
Nathan, Founder and CEO of Caraway, said: “Giving employees the freedom to make
small decisions every day is crucial to running an effective business. It keeps
them happy and reduces turnover. ”
How to recognize toxic managers
- Speak but never listen
- Ignore other people's opinions
- Insult and ridicule others.
- Teaching, mentoring, and coaching can easily irritate toxic leaders.
- Always micromanaging.
- Socially inept and emotionally inept.
- Take credit for the efforts of others while blaming others for their own errors
How to avoid toxic managers
Conclusion
Leaders of an organization are embarrassed by the behavior
of the organization as well as the employees. Institutions should identify such
toxic leaders and provide targeted training to correct their shortcomings.
Correcting it will increase the performance of employees and the organization.
References
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[Accessed 30 April 2022].
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Kurter, H.
L., 2021. Managers, Here Are 6 Toxic Behaviors That Are Destroying Your Employee’s
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As discussed, it is very important to have good leadership in an organisation. When leaders are toxic it will impact the performance and morale of employees. Employees will be stressed and demotivated which will result in absenteeism and high turnover. Good article Kumudu!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dilini
DeleteVery important topic to discussed. Peaceful and friendly working environment is very important for and employee working in an organization. Toxic leaders create unpleasant working environment which can reduces the productivity of employees. Good Luck.
ReplyDeleteWe can see these characters in autocratic leaders and bureaucratic environment. Toxic leaders make their organization's performances to low grade, and his staff members will be demotivated, and it will cause to increase employee turn over. Toxic leader is not proper guider to the organization. They are only trouble makers and they will make their employees stressful.
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Thanks Thamali
DeleteLeaders should be caring and supportive to their staff in order to maximise the productivity. However employee does not prefer to work under toxic leaders. Your article clearly explain the impact of toxic leaders. All the best.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard for employees to grow under toxic leadership. A toxic leader is frequently motivated by their own self-interest. It badly affects employee morale and organizational performance. Well written Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteToxic leaders could spoil the whole team performance. Leaders with great quality could take forward the team with better performance. Specially in this era toxic leaders could impact negatively than positively.
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