I have worked for at Lilly, and other companies, for managers virtually every member of the district not only dreaded working with, but absolutely hated.
There have been 4 in my Lilly career who were mostly fair, credible, honest. Not always great, but at least sincere.
But several of the managers I have worked for are just below the level of ax murders. I think a diagnosis of some of these managers would show them to be insane, but because they don't ever commit a crime, and because they are smart fo the most part, they get away scot free.
What sets them apart, and what should you look for? For the purpose of this message, and not that the term Psycho DOESN'T apply to men -- it can -- but in this message I will identify those women managers who are full blown crazy and nuts, and their teams know it. I'm not misogynist, I am observant. Here are the characteristics I have noted. It applies to all companies as well, as I have many friends who see this in their companies:
* They are incredibly insecure, but they mask their insecurity with their absolute power and attempt to control their reps. Usually they will have arcane rules, making their teams sign off on pledges of loyalty, pages of team rules under the auspices of "working agreements." Then, they have an almost unlimited number of reasons to get rid of "disloyal" reps who might violate trivial team rules.
* They might be married to someone who is unemployable or with limited job skills-- someone they can control. Control is such a part of their psychotic need, they tolerate their partner not working. While they passively/aggressively disparage their spouse, with laughter and a wink and a smile publicly, they also make it obvious that any family success is the result of their efforts. The dupe they married is a hapless sap.
*They absolutely have no conscience, which is evident as they gain great joy over destroying peoples lives, without any normal compassion. The love to fire reps. The only thing that holds them back in some cases is that it is much more pleasurable to keep reps around, futures hanging in the balance, making them squirm, seeing if they can make them groveling serfs, thus continuing their dominance.
These kind of managers are only a step away from serial killer status. Sadly, they are the reason threads like "who is the worst manager" exist.
There have been 4 in my Lilly career who were mostly fair, credible, honest. Not always great, but at least sincere.
But several of the managers I have worked for are just below the level of ax murders. I think a diagnosis of some of these managers would show them to be insane, but because they don't ever commit a crime, and because they are smart fo the most part, they get away scot free.
What sets them apart, and what should you look for? For the purpose of this message, and not that the term Psycho DOESN'T apply to men -- it can -- but in this message I will identify those women managers who are full blown crazy and nuts, and their teams know it. I'm not misogynist, I am observant. Here are the characteristics I have noted. It applies to all companies as well, as I have many friends who see this in their companies:
* They are incredibly insecure, but they mask their insecurity with their absolute power and attempt to control their reps. Usually they will have arcane rules, making their teams sign off on pledges of loyalty, pages of team rules under the auspices of "working agreements." Then, they have an almost unlimited number of reasons to get rid of "disloyal" reps who might violate trivial team rules.
* They might be married to someone who is unemployable or with limited job skills-- someone they can control. Control is such a part of their psychotic need, they tolerate their partner not working. While they passively/aggressively disparage their spouse, with laughter and a wink and a smile publicly, they also make it obvious that any family success is the result of their efforts. The dupe they married is a hapless sap.
*They absolutely have no conscience, which is evident as they gain great joy over destroying peoples lives, without any normal compassion. The love to fire reps. The only thing that holds them back in some cases is that it is much more pleasurable to keep reps around, futures hanging in the balance, making them squirm, seeing if they can make them groveling serfs, thus continuing their dominance.
These kind of managers are only a step away from serial killer status. Sadly, they are the reason threads like "who is the worst manager" exist.