July 18, 2022
Great managers tend to have some common traits: vision, empathy, decisiveness. Bad managers, however, come in many different flavors.
Most bad managers aren’t intentionally evil or malicious. Rather, poor management techniques are often a result of insecurity, stress, and lack of insight. These are fixable problems, but the manager must first recognize their flaws.
This article caricatures five such counterproductive managers. Think of them as management anti-patterns. Or cautionary tales.
1. The Bottleneck
The Bottleneck wants their team’s work to be perfect. Unfortunately, the only way they know is to handle everything personally. They insist on reviewing every code change and design document.
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July 18, 2022
