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LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT, Part 2
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by Dick Butz
STARTLING NEW RESEARCH DATA
The National Institute of Health reported on the implications of managerial incompetence:
- Managers cause great misery for their suboridinates. 40% of American workers reported they are "very stressed"
- 75% of working adults report the most stressful aspect of their job is their immediate boss
- 66% reported that thier boss was "insufferable".
- Problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other stressor including finances or family problems.
- Bad managers are a major health hazard; impose enormous medical costs and degrade the quality of life of many people.
SURVEY QUESTION: How many bosses have you worked for and how many of those bosses would you be willing to work for?"
ANSWER: 38% of workers would not work for a former boss again.
If you have a member of your leadership team that you think is causing stress among your work force and want to
- understand why that person is behaving in this manner
- would like to provide assistance to correct the issue
Contact Dick Butz at Career Consultants Group 317-264-4164 or email him at rbutz@cciindy.com. We will provide you with a complimentary leadership assessment that demonstrates how to evaluate managers who are underperforming or leading inappropriately. You can also learn avout a managers tendencies to lead in a dysfunctional way, before you hire or promote him/her.