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30 Reasons Employees Hate Their Managers: What Your People May Be Thinking and What You Can Do About It

Name: 30 Reasons Employees Hate Their Managers: What Your People May Be Thinking and What You Can Do About It
ISBN: 9780814409152

by Bruce L. Katcher, Adam Snyder

March 2007

Beginner to intermediate

207 pages

3h 27m

English

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Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Employees Are Treated Like Children
1. We feel like slaves
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNotes
2. I know how to do my job. Why can’t they just let me do it?
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
3. I am afraid to speak up
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
4. Nobody appreciates my hard work
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNotes
5. There are different rules for different people
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote

II. Employees Aren’t Respected
6. Management doesn’t listen to us
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It All1. Relationships Among Groups Within an Organizational Hierarchy2. The Role of Self-Fulfilling Prophesies3. The Faulty Assumption of Finite Power4. The Telephone GameSolutionsConclusionNotes
7. Management doesn’t respect us
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
8. So who’s in charge anyway?
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
9. I don’t trust the information I receive from management
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
10. My boss is a terrible manager
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNotes
III. Employees Aren’t Receiving What They Really Need
11. I’ve lost confidence in management
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
12. We’re understaffed
The Problem for EmployersThe Staff Is Slow to Adapt to Changing TechnologyChange or DieDemand Often Changes Faster Than SupplyStaff Cuts Go Too FarRequired Skills ChangeThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
13. They don’t tell me what I need to know to do my work
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
14. We need more training
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNotes
15. The quality of our products and services is terrible
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
16. I receive poor service from other departments
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
17. There’s too much red tape here
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
18. Why don’t they get rid of all of the deadwood around here?
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
19. There are too many damn meetings
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllNot Enough Time Spent on ProcessNot Enough Diversity in PerspectivesDissension Not ValuedLeadership Not SharedLack of Commitment to the Meeting’s GoalsSolutionsConclusionNote
IV. Employees Feel Unappreciated
20. I’m not paid fairly
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
21. It’s just not right that we all receive the same pay
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
22. My performance reviews are useless
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
23. There’s no link between my pay and my job performance
The Problem for Employers1. Concern About Alienating Good Performers2. Necessity of Relying on Subjective Measurements3. Difficulty of Using Objective MeasuresThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
24. The cost of my benefits is eating up my paycheck
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
25. It’s impossible to get promoted here
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNotes
V. W-O-R-K Should Be More Than a Four-Letter Word
26. I hate coming to work. It’s become just a job for me now
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
27. There’s no job security here
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNote
28. I’ve got no time for myself or my family
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNotes
29. I feel trapped. I wish I could go out on my own
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusionNotes
30. My company isn’t committed to me, so why should I be committed to it?
The Problem for EmployersThe Psychology of It AllSolutionsConclusion
Summary: What You Can Do
Epilogue: A Lesson from the Future
Recommended Readings
About the Authors

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Acknowledgments

Iwould first like to thank my clients for partnering with me to help make their organizations more productive and satisfying places to work. Together we strive to find the appropriate balance between business realities and treating employees humanely.

Thank you to my wife Trinka and my children Ben and Melanie, who have always been tremendously supportive of my work.

Thank you to my sister, Andrea Brudnicki, whose trying work history has provided me with an endless supply of examples of the mistakes made by management.

Thank you to my colleagues at the Society of Professional Consultants, who have given me strength, friendship, and intellectual support.

Finally, thank you to my brother-in-law and good friend, Adam Snyder, for helping ...

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