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Let’s start with a basic idea right up front: most people who become managers aren’t actually good at it. Broadly speaking (and realizing that each case is different), this happens for two reasons:
- Management isn’t intuitive: What got you there doesn’t work when you get there
- Work isn’t logical: It’s emotional, even though people (managers) want it to be logical.
We definitely still have some stigmas around job-hopping and the non-linear resume in most hiring circles, but still … people are less and less staying at the same company for their whole career. (And even if they do, their manager might shift a couple times at the same company.) All that adds up to you likely having 10+ bosses in your career, and probably 5 or more of them being pretty bad.
What can differ is how they’re bad, and subsequently how you can deal with it. Let’s take a look.
The ‘Chasing Targets’ Manager
A couple of caveats before we get going:
- Yes, every managerial type on this list is based on a manager I’ve had, seen, or interacted with
