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A poor manager thinks that their direct reports work for them. A great manager knows that they actually work in support of their team to make sure they have the resources to do their best work.
One thing that I have been seeing more and more of are managers who say “well, it’s not the way I would have done it..” as though if you or the team aren’t a mirror reflection of the manager, you’re doing everything wrong..
Poor managers operate like managers from ten years ago. They see managerial responsibilities as being motivational versus being in the trenches and leading.
We’ve lost a huge percentage of the industry to layoffs over the past five years. If you can’t do the work as a manager, you’re not equipped to manage. It wasn’t always this way but it is now.
I’ve always believed if a manager wasn’t capable of doing the work, whether it was a necessity or not, you aren’t equipped to manage.
Someone who causes panic instead of preventing it
If I had to describe my manager in one sentence, that would be it lol
Insecure, egotistical obnoxious pricks who give more negative feedback than positive, those don’t appreciate anything you do and do not acknowledge your growth. Treat clients and upper MGMT differently than how they treat their subordinates. These types are narcissistic people who don’t care about managing they care about their image and jump on the bandwagon of who can make them look good in the moment
One-thousand times YES!
When they tell you to change a sentence in the PowerPoint instead of just doing it themselves and letting you know it changed, you already know it’s cooked.
So long as there’s some direction or reasoning, it allows the individual to think critically and encourages them to deliver more quality work moving forward. Otherwise, they continue to deliver the same suboptimal work.
Same applies to typos if they’re consistent. Managers get stuck in a loop of proofing, wasting their time, instead of the team proofing their own work.
Rising Star
Dysfunctional overloaded team that doesn’t know their lanes
Either over informing by sending everything on a project to everyone on a team, or under informing by basically saying or distributing nothing. a good manager can see what needs to go to who and what doesn’t. The blanket approach either direction is a sign they’re anxiously overcompensating or afraid to delegate, both very bad traits for mangers. Also, expecting everyone to be on camera all the time like it’s home room counting attendance time, yet they are off camera majority of the time especially when bad news in being shared. Double standards are shady. Also blaming everything on managers above them.
My manager at omnicom has been holding back at delegating work.
A brown belt with black shoes.
The simplest way for me to tell is when a mistake is made by the team, if their first impulse is to blame others vs. themselves.
Micromanaging. They think they're protecting the creative output, but they should just put their trust in everyone to do their jobs! It's a sign of insecurity.
Not delegating work.
Trying to pin responsibility on fk up’s on direct reports
Cold, imperious and the stubbornly asks for exactly what was done or emailed hours or days previously.
Owning the means of production
Unfortunately, most managers are poor now.
Poor management—
A manager who micromanages in any way.
A manager who cannot make a decision on their own.
A manager whose only response to questions is to task you with something.
A manager who asks you to sum up your conversations.
A manager who doesn't provide you what is needed to do your job.
A manager who asks you to do tasks outside your job description.
A manager who works nights or weekends. It's the sign of not being able to do their job efficiently and therefore thinking they are working harder than you.
A poor mgr is about himself and not those he leads.