2023-12-12 10:24:00
The role of the manager? Make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible within a company, a team in order to promote the achievement of each person’s tasks and missions. But sometimes it’s quite the opposite and the manager turns out to be a real tyrant. We are talking regarding toxic management The toxic manager’s management harms the well-being and performance of a work team.
Toxic manager: 5 signs to spot them
It’s simple: a toxic manager is never wrong! And even if his decisions lead to a flop, there is no question of him admitting his wrongs or his role in this failure! Generally, he will tend to shift the blame onto anything or anyone else. And always with confidence!
At least, he is convinced of it and does not hesitate to make it felt to his subordinates as much as to his superiors! He doesn’t hesitate to put himself forward and take all the spotlight when his team succeeds. Where a good manager knows how to greet and encourage his teams, in private and in public, the toxic manager never says a grateful or appreciative word to one of his subordinates. On the other hand, in the event of failure, do not count on him, there is no longer any question of taking full responsibility!
- He is authoritarian and even mean
In his head, it’s rather logical: when the results are bad, since it’s not his fault it’s necessarily someone else’s… and he won’t hesitate to let them know! Because when it comes to reproaching, reprimanding, emphasizing someone’s errors (proven or not), the toxic manager knows how to show authority! To the point that he can be perceived as a scary person and arouse fear. At stake ? A lousy working atmosphere!
If he likes to put himself forward, he also likes to feel that he is above others. His method? Maintain an atmosphere of constant pressure, an anxiety-provoking atmosphere, to maintain total control over your team. Worse, it can ensure that the pressure never stops and fall into harassment by multiplying directive emails, calls, messages during and outside working hours. Why accept that the situation degenerates to this point? Because the influence of the toxic manager is such that we feel unable to say ‘no’ or to upset him and we end up considering ourselves lucky to have this job.
- It is harmful to the team
Its motto ? Divide and rule ! To do this, he blows hot and cold within his team by favoring and flattering some in front of other members and, above all, by going down and pointing out the errors of others. By creating tensions between his subordinates, he ensures that they do not gang up once morest him and, above all, he undermines everyone’s esteem with negative and insistent remarks to better keep them under his control. Sometimes, moreover, it is not necessarily the manager but simply a toxic colleague who can harm the whole team…
Stress, unhappiness at work… Being managed by a toxic boss can have serious consequences on mental health and lead to burn-out, bore-out or depression. Often we have the impression that working on ourselves will allow us to overcome our difficulties at work, but this is rarely enough and, in reality, it will amount to burying the problem for a while… until it comes back without it. ‘we can no longer avoid it.
If you think you are in the presence of a toxic manager, you must ensure that the situation does not get bogged down due to lack of action. How to do ? By talking regarding it!
- 1/ Confront the toxic manager
This is the simplest solution, especially since sometimes the manager is not necessarily aware of his toxicity and this can sometimes be a reflection of personal problems spilling over into the workplace. Questioning your manager regarding the working conditions he is imposing on his employees. Sometimes this is enough to defuse the situation. Sometimes no. In this type of situation, care must be taken to keep the situation under control by avoiding a stormy confirmation.
- 2/ Consult a company HR manager
Another manager or human resources manager should have the well-being of their employees at heart and might provide useful support.
- 3/ Turn to occupational medicine or industrial tribunals
Only as a last resort and if other solutions have failed. The Labor Code and French legislation do not punish toxic management but the courts can consider it harassment at workl’aggressivenessthe vexatious authority, the denigration or unsuitable relationships at work such as failures in management. But such a procedure can leave indelible marks so it is better to take all precautions before initiating it…
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