Post by account_disabled on Dec 30, 2023 3:02:32 GMT -6
We have all worked at some point for toxic bosses who have seen fit to poison us inside with their poison. Toxic leadership can take multiple forms: from public insults to invasion of employee privacy to bloody gossip behind the employee's back. The outrages perpetrated by toxic bosses translate not only into the dissatisfaction and stress of those who unfortunately have to suffer them, but also degenerate into family problems, alcoholism and other conditions. However, despite the havoc they cause in the corporate universe, many toxic leaders are systematically exonerated of their abuses and no one, neither companies nor employees, seems to dare to stop them. According to a recent study echoed by Harvard Business Review , after having to face a toxic boss, we tend to forgive him, particularly when he seems willing to make amends for his misdeeds.
Many toxic bosses try to make amends for their mistakes by giving their subordinates luxurious gifts to convince them to forget their wrongdoings. However, toxic leaders who appear to promise to improve their Phone Number List behavior rarely follow through on their promises. What's more, their abusive behavior only becomes even more virulent. Do toxic people regret their outrages? Apparently so, but in reality his apologies are rarely sincere. Some toxic leaders do not really try to improve the relationship with subordinates they have previously humiliated and simply pretend to apologize in order to improve their image in the eyes of others without changing their behavior one bit. After particularly lacerating altercations with their employees, some bosses are extraordinarily skilled at faking their contrition (until a new dispute occurs and the cycle of abuse begins again).
For this reason, both employees and companies may be unconsciously encouraging the abuse of toxic bosses when they systematically agree to forgive their grievances. In the study now published by Harvard Business Review, its authors monitored 79 different bosses through an online platform , who anonymously reported their potentially abusive behavior at work. According to the research, leaders who were willing to confess abuse towards their staff simultaneously saw their image vis-à-vis others harmed (particularly those especially concerned with projecting an ethical image towards their direct subordinates). Bosses especially concerned about their public image were therefore particularly sorry after a dispute with an employee, but not so much about the dispute itself as about the deterioration of their public image. After insulting their employees, toxic bosses try to make amends by treating their employees to small details, but their repentance is usually feigned and laced with manipulation.
Many toxic bosses try to make amends for their mistakes by giving their subordinates luxurious gifts to convince them to forget their wrongdoings. However, toxic leaders who appear to promise to improve their Phone Number List behavior rarely follow through on their promises. What's more, their abusive behavior only becomes even more virulent. Do toxic people regret their outrages? Apparently so, but in reality his apologies are rarely sincere. Some toxic leaders do not really try to improve the relationship with subordinates they have previously humiliated and simply pretend to apologize in order to improve their image in the eyes of others without changing their behavior one bit. After particularly lacerating altercations with their employees, some bosses are extraordinarily skilled at faking their contrition (until a new dispute occurs and the cycle of abuse begins again).
For this reason, both employees and companies may be unconsciously encouraging the abuse of toxic bosses when they systematically agree to forgive their grievances. In the study now published by Harvard Business Review, its authors monitored 79 different bosses through an online platform , who anonymously reported their potentially abusive behavior at work. According to the research, leaders who were willing to confess abuse towards their staff simultaneously saw their image vis-à-vis others harmed (particularly those especially concerned with projecting an ethical image towards their direct subordinates). Bosses especially concerned about their public image were therefore particularly sorry after a dispute with an employee, but not so much about the dispute itself as about the deterioration of their public image. After insulting their employees, toxic bosses try to make amends by treating their employees to small details, but their repentance is usually feigned and laced with manipulation.