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Management article
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Reference no. U0509E
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Management Update", 2005

Abstract

We judge people most of all on the results they produce and well we should. We hire people to create value, promote them to positions where they can create more value, and expect them to increase their value with each passing year. But what about the behaviors behind the results? Could the actions of some of your managers actually be undermining the future of the company even as they help bring home the short-term bacon? One particularly problematic behavior among seemingly successful managers is bullying. Bully bosses are the bane of management. They are the ones who take credit for their subordinates'' ideas, engage in abusive behavior, humiliate employees in public, talk behind people''s backs, and send others to do their dirty work. Learn about both the warning signs of a bully in your midst and the actions you can take to countermand such behavior.

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Abstract

We judge people most of all on the results they produce and well we should. We hire people to create value, promote them to positions where they can create more value, and expect them to increase their value with each passing year. But what about the behaviors behind the results? Could the actions of some of your managers actually be undermining the future of the company even as they help bring home the short-term bacon? One particularly problematic behavior among seemingly successful managers is bullying. Bully bosses are the bane of management. They are the ones who take credit for their subordinates'' ideas, engage in abusive behavior, humiliate employees in public, talk behind people''s backs, and send others to do their dirty work. Learn about both the warning signs of a bully in your midst and the actions you can take to countermand such behavior.

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