For Mallick, the biggest sign that your prospective boss might be toxic is how they behave during the job interview. "It's ...

Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues—everything from how to deal with a ...

Signs of a bad manager. Here's how to tell if your boss is toxic, what to do to try to improve your situation and when to consider walking away. Do you work for a great organization?

Bad managers need to dictate and control where and when work gets done, rather than entrusting their employees to manage their own time and workload, whether they’re working from home, ...

These are the main traits that indicate a bad manager. Chris Williams, the former VP of HR at Microsoft, writes that poor managers find a way to endure like cockroaches.

Another way to determine leader effectiveness is to focus on leader mistakes—what are commonly called “derailers.” (Hogan, ...

“Bad boss traits are not taboo to discuss; rather, we need to understand and embrace them so that we can accept those that apply to us, instead of denying that they exist.

It is (unfortunately) becoming a universal experience: Nearly seven out of 10 U.S. workers said they would quit their jobs over a bad manager, according to LinkedIn’s latest workforce survey.

In a survey by the career site Monster in April 2024, 54% of surveyed workers cited poor mental health as a result of a toxic, controlling manager. “A bad boss can make or break your employment ...