What I Learned From The Worst Boss I Ever Had

What I Learned From The Worst Boss I Ever Had

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How does you terrible job and awful boss make you feel? Anger, frustration or pure hatred? Whatever the feeling might be, some bad bosses offer great lessons in life.

Andrew Hickey carries what he learned from that experience every day he goes to work and share his lessons here

Be Transparent
This is an oft-repeated mantra, but deserves a little clarification. Be transparent with relevant information. Do not necessarily fling the doors wide open on every aspect of the business, but at the very least provide a clear window with a good view of what’s happening.

Be Honest
Not the type of honestly where you insist your team be honest and then take offense at the feedback you receive. Catch your team in that self-made honesty trap and you can kiss a truly honest relationship with them goodbye for good.

Without all of the cards on the table, you can never know how to best use the resources dealt to you.

Be Stable
Not necessarily mentally stable (although that helps, too), but stable in character and execution.

Depending on the nature of your company, you are likely to be pulled in several directions (both in work life and personal life).

Be someone people can depend on as a stable presence in their lives.

Be Good
Just be a good person. Your team is a group of fully-formed adults. Treat them that way. If you wouldn’t say something or act a certain way to someone outside the confines of the office, then it’s probably not a good move inside the office.

No gossip. No intimidation.

No misleading. Chances are, if you reflect on your own behavior, you’ll know if you are.

Be Flexible
You have to be willing to change and adapt. In the marketing world, we have no choice but to relentlessly optimize our efforts towards what produces good results for our organization.

That means the strategy you built last month might end up in that folder in your Google Drive where carefully crafted documents go to live out their days in peace and obscurity.

Think back over your career and focus on the leaders that failed you. It might be the key to finding your own path as a leader.

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