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05-26-2021, 02:10 PM #1UnregisteredGuest
Toxic Leadership Traits (Any of these look familiar to you?)
This is almost a how to book for command staff.
1. Arrogant
Toxic leaders are very boastful and arrogant. They think that they are always right, and expect others to accept their word as gospel truth. They extend no help to others, and they hate it when someone else dares to correct them, especially if that someone is a subordinate.
2. Autocratic
A toxic boss does not want any opinion other than their own to be heard. They expect others to quietly follow their every direction, without ever questioning the direction. A toxic boss often fancies themselves as the top dog or a self-styled king, and their behavior is often reflective of that. Employees are minions, lesser beings who exist only to do the leader’s bidding.
3. Irritable
Perhaps not surprisingly, toxic leaders also come across as highly irritable. They do want to be bothered for anything. Since they are not open to other ideas from anyone else, they despise being asked questions and avoid it as much as possible. Under a toxic leader, the organization becomes stunted because of the lack of innovative and free-flowing ideas.
4. Maladjusted
Beneath the tough and arrogant veneer of a toxic boss is an ill-tempered child who is mortified of change. They are highly inflexible, and take changes very hard. The toxic boss is likely to be the most vehement opponent of any changes in the organization.
5. Lack of confidence
Though they act supremely confident, a toxic leader has no confidence in themselves. Consequently, they also find it extremely difficult to trust team members. Because of this lack of confidence, tough problems are often ignored or swept under the carpet.
6. Incompetent
A toxic leader may think that they are the best, but they are incompetent and may often struggle to make even the most commonsensical decisions, or do the simplest of tasks. Their sense of importance and usefulness only comes from criticizing others, and making them out to be less than they really are.
7. Hierarchical
Without the rigid structure of hierarchy, toxic leadership will wither and die. If you’re under a toxic leader, you will often feel the pressure of the corporate power structure above you. A toxic leader is adept at controlling team members using hierarchy and seniority.
8. Unrealistic expectations
Toxic leaders are notorious for setting objectives that are unfair and unrealistic. Team members struggle with unachievable goals, and get demoralized. Workload piles up, and the company becomes set up to fail.
9. Symbols of personal authority
These symbols include first right to common parking spaces, complete access to everything, and perhaps even studding the entire workplace with their own portraits and stories of accomplishments.
10. Discriminatory
Not surprisingly, toxic leaders are often discriminatory. Their biases and prejudices often appear in the guise of sexism, racism, ageism, and other discriminatory behavior
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05-26-2021, 03:42 PM #2UnregisteredGuest
When I went to the one week leadership class they taught us to avoid doing and being all these things. Then went back to work and had to deal with the "leaders" who also attended the same class but had most of these bad traits.
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05-26-2021, 04:14 PM #3UnregisteredGuest
Well I thought it was a requirement to possess one of the above listed traits. Does a hostile work environment ever exists in the current environment of policing. I guess a complaint on a supervisor is either down played or dismissed and the focus is then placed on the complainer. Typical procedure for a totalitarian leadership.
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05-26-2021, 11:54 PM #4UnregisteredGuest
give a man power or money...or both, and see how long it takes for them to be completely consumed by it. none of us are immune to that
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05-27-2021, 02:58 AM #5UnregisteredGuest
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The sheriff has absolute power. That is the problem.
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