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This chapter is about how leadership style affects burnout in organisations. It’s also about how burnt-out leaders can either make everyone else’s life hell or just collapse. Most of us can think of bosses who have been a nightmare to work for:
The Type A tyrants who were workaholics and expected everyone else to be the same.
The dithering, indecisive, laissez-faire bosses who couldn’t make a decision to save their life.
The nasty, manipulative, ‘kiss up and kick down’ psychopathic types.
Some of us will also have stories of great bosses, the sort of bosses that you would move mountains for. Bosses who would fight for the time and resources that you needed to do a good job. The kind, supportive bosses whom you always ...
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