Today, I'd like to point you to some interesting work coming out of Pepperdine that takes a look at neurotic styles of leadership/managment. Or to use language from Star Wars.... "the dark side" of management.
Here's an excerpt from the article, plus the link to the entire piece....
Effective executives strive to manage their firms using sound management practices. They lead by developing strategy and implementing it. They adopt strategic management practices that rely on logic, rational decision making and inductive sense making. Productive work places are planned, orderly, caring, team-based, and learning-and-development-oriented. Collins and Porras[1] and Collins[2] advocate managerial styles that build long lasting endurance through use of rational and thoughtful processes. However, there are managers who may mean well, but whose styles are anxious and idiosyncratic. Their neurotic styles tend to undermine and obliterate the effectiveness of their organizations and people and lead to reckless results.
Link to article: "Seven Neurotic Styles of Management" Have you ever worked for any of these styles??? I hope not, but I'm guessing most of us have at one point or another.
Be well.... /jeff
