{"id":7880,"date":"2011-03-11T07:20:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T12:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/03\/the-cost-of-workplace-bullies-and-tyrants.html"},"modified":"2011-03-11T07:20:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T12:20:11","slug":"the-cost-of-workplace-bullies-and-tyrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/03\/the-cost-of-workplace-bullies-and-tyrants\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Workplace Bullies and Tyrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workplace bullies and incompetent, tyrannical bosses cost companies millions in lost productivity, decreased morale, and turnover. Robert Sutton has written two great books called The No A**hole Rule and Good Boss, Bad Boss.<\/p>\n

Sutton describes in these books just how toxic environments can become when people spiral out of control and become tyrants who thrive on nothing but making others miserable.<\/p>\n

A couple of the most telling quotes from these book are as follows;<\/p>\n

“To
\n qualify as a certified a–hole: a person needs to display a history of
\nepisodes that end with one “target” after another feeling belittled, put
\n down, humiliated, disrespected, oppressed, de-energized, and generally
\nworse about themselves.” Robert Sutton<\/h6>\n

This next quote resonates with me – I’ve worked with people a few times in my career who match this description exactly!<\/p>\n

“Two-faced
\n backstabbers like my colleague, those who have enough skill and
\nemotional control to save their dirty work for moments they can’t get
\ncaught, are tougher to stop – even though they do as much damage as a
\nraging maniac.” Robert Sutton<\/h6>\n

Businesses need to be more keen on weeding out these type of people BEFORE they join an organization. Once they are in, its hard to extricate them unless you can document, discipline, and then dismiss them.<\/p>\n

“The
\n difference between how a person treats the powerless vs the powerful is
\n as a good a measure of human character as I know.” Robert Sutton<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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