Tag: Bad bosses

I didn’t realize it at first, but she wasn’t a fan of PR – or me. My first hint was that she decided that me and a selection of others in the department should do a 360 review. That would be fine, but it wasn’t part of the company’s review policy.

I'm scared because of what the people in these stories might say and what you might think of me. But putting it out there feels cathartic and unburdening.

The 9-5 mindset is so outdated. Measuring someone’s performance based on how many hours they’ve been in the office, will get you nowhere.

Pondering on behaviours that I have seen and sometimes exhibit when it comes to giving feedback, testing ideas and creating solutions, I have discovered how you become a bad leader.

I forgave him and learned my lesson long ago. I don’t know if he ever did. We haven’t spoken in twenty years.

He wanted me to be in the office every day because of his apparent insecurity and need to be overly controlling.

That moment marked the end of my innocence in the corporate world. It marked the end of loyalty, the end of trust, and the end of my youth.