

Perhaps the problem is that we’ve relied on education of positive practices. And yet the problem endures: In a recent survey I conducted, less than a quarter of respondents would encourage others to work for their manager. We have known what “good management” looks like for decades, and enormous sums have been spent on programs to help managers manage better. I continue to be a little puzzled about why so many managers do such a poor job. We all know bad managers - be they ambitious and aggressive, doing whatever it takes to move up the corporate ladder, or the opposite: managers thrust into their position without the skill or the will to do the job properly.
