What You Can Learn From Infamously Bad Bosses | Business

Executives at Disney, Yahoo, and other companies show what NOT to do.

Being the boss comes with a lot of responsibilities. They’re the person everyone else looks to for leadership and direction. But what happens when the boss is caught doing things they shouldn’t be? That’s when scandals can hit – and public relations nightmares begin.

A great boss – whether a business owner or C-suite executive – is often not only a role model inside a company, but also the public face of the business outside the office. The person in this role is usually skilled at building brand awareness and bringing positive attention to the organization. Sometimes, however, company leaders make news for all the wrong reasons. Here are some notorious examples and what small business owners can learn from them.

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How You’re Driving Employees Away | Business

Company leadership has a major impact on employee satisfaction and retention. Instead of scaring your top talent away, follow these tips to be a great boss.

Horrible Bosses might have been an entertaining comedy, but if you’ve ever worked for a bad boss before, you probably found yourself empathizing with Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and Jason Bateman’s characters when they decided to, uh, murder their bosses.

Okay, so maybe murder is a little extreme when it comes to dealing with a bad boss, but quitting is definitely a viable option for most employees. When surveyed by GoodHire, 82% of American workers said they would potentially quit their job because of a bad manager. And since employee retention is a key element to company success, it’s important you put in the effort to be a good boss to your employees. Also, you probably don’t want to risk getting murdered.

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10 Signs You’re a Horrible Boss And How To Correct It | Getentrepreneurial.com

The problem is not them; it’s YOU!

You’re done working with the most monstrous bosses of all times. You probably swore to yourself that when that time comes where you’re the one managing people, you will do things differently. That day has now come – you’re already a boss.

You may have good intentions like an all-expense paid team building for the top performing department or a company outing in its founding anniversary. But how can you implement all of those when there is a stack of emails, meetings, phone calls and a whole bunch of demanding clients and tough decisions that were supposed to be due last week?

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