Zogby Poll: As Independence Day Nears, Workplace Democracy Association Survey Finds One in Four Working Americans Describe their Employer as a “Dictatorship”
Survey results can be found here.
Article: Why Bosses Automatically Behave As Dictators
By Chetan Dhruve
Excerpt:
Do you have a bad boss or have you had a bad boss? If so, you’re not alone. Of all the people who quit their jobs, the vast majority do so because of a terrible boss. Bad bosses are a widespread phenomenon cutting across organizational, cultural and national boundaries. In fact, bad bosses cut across the boundaries of time too – they’ve been around ever since people have had bosses.
What’s our reaction to a bad boss? It is typically, “My boss is bad.” The underlying accusation is that it’s the boss’s fault for being bad. In response to bad bosses – and often as a preventive measure too – bosses get sent on all kinds of courses, in the form of ‘leadership’ training. They get taught how to communicate, criticize, praise, motivate, inspire, serve and so on, all to turn them into ‘good’ bosses or leaders. The organization does other things too – it “empowers” you, it “flattens the hierarchy”, calls you an “associate” rather than subordinate, and so forth.
Does all this really result in fundamental change? No. How do we know? Because people still fear their bosses and complain about them all the time. Bosses still throw their weight around. So the question is, why aren’t all the initiatives working?
Article: Elected Bosses: Top 10 FAQs
By Chetan Dhruve
Chetan Dhruve is the author of “Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator” (Cyan/Marshall Cavendish). You can visit his website at http://cvdhruve.com and contact him via email at cvdhruve@gmail.com.
