as if 401Ks, flex time, and profit sharing weren’t enough!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:20 (ten years ago)
Holding back or diluting their role works only for ambitious underlings; an unambitious underling would hardly notice or perhaps even be grateful for these tactics.
In a similar way, raising expectations wouldn't work well on an ambitious underling who may welcome the attention and chance to prove their worth, unless, of course, you can maneuver them into a Rapunzel situation, where they must spin gold out of straw.
Isolation would bear hardest on a social person. A hermit-like personality would be relieved by isolation.
Smearing said underling seems like a variation of pitting the team against him or her. The difficulty here is that the team may not follow your lead, if the underling in your sights has a winning personality that immunizes him or her.
Ambush or micromanaging seem the most comprehensively effective, in that both tactics may be effected without the assistance of superiors or those you manage, and they will reek havoc on the targeted underling, regardless of their personality. Ambush might be a bit trickier to arrange, whereas micromanaging is dead simple. I suppose it would come down to one's taste, really.
― Aimless, Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:42 (ten years ago)
voted "pit the team against him" cuz my management guru is stalin
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 28 August 2014 08:16 (ten years ago)
it's "defuse" conflict not diffuse you disgusting savage. illiterate vindictive bosses are the worst of all.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:29 (ten years ago)
they actually thrive on diffuse conflict, good environment in which to exercise the more questionable managerial arts
― j., Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:33 (ten years ago)
I like the idea of "diffuse" conflict! Seems common enough in a stressful work environment.
I vote "ambush". Had an interim manager (not really a boss) who was a real bitch. Left work TEN MINUTES EARLY to attend a ball game...Told my immediates in the office I'd come back afterward to tie up some loose ends. Coming out of the subway mz wannabe boss JUST HAPPENS to catch me returning from my "hooky". Which everyone but her okay'd. Creepy. Makes me feel like I'm in 4th grade.
― Opus Gai (I M Losted), Friday, 29 August 2014 01:19 (ten years ago)
one month passes...
