Seven Bad Leadership Patterns that Drive away Good Employees

Managers rarely wake up intending to drive away talented employees. Yet every week, employees quietly decide they have had enough—not because of one terrible meeting or one bad day, but because they have experienced the same behaviors and conduct over and over again.

Gallup has repeatedly found that managers account for most of the variance in employee engagement. That is because employees experience an organization primarily through the person they report to. A manager can make work meaningful—or unbearable.

The good news is that poor leadership is not random. It follows recognizable patterns. When leaders learn to spot these in themselves, they have an opportunity to change before their best people begin updating their résumés.

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