I Wish I Could Ask the Boss...About the Boss #badboss #employeeengagement #getaraise #lovemondays Mar 22, 2022

One day I was sitting with a group of job seekers when someone expressed, "I wish you could find out in a job interview what the boss is going to be like."

The real question is, "Am I going to be working for a bad boss?

All the word-of-mouth about a great culture is helpful, but even in...

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5 Reasons People Become Managers (and only 1 is a good one) #badboss #employeeengagement #horriblebosses #management #leadership Mar 07, 2022

"How'd that guy ever get to be a manager?"

Ever ask yourself this question? Maybe you haven't kept it to yourself. 

When we see someone who seems ill-suited for a leadership position in a leadership position, that's the rhetorical question we tend to ask. 

But is it...

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The Horrible Boss Pandemic #badboss #employeeengagement #horriblebosses #lovemondays #management #leadership Feb 27, 2022

There's no one left on planet Earth who doesn't know what a pandemic is, but just in case you're new, it's a problem (usually a disease) that's prevalent over an entire country or the world. 

That's a great working definition of what I'm terming "The Horrible Boss Pandemic". It is a problem...

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