Part III. Aggressive Managers
How Many Ways Are There to Hurt You?
Aggressive behavior is behavior that unjustifiably harms another. An aggressive manager either intends to do harm or is willing to do harm to obtain an objective. Types of harm may include damaging someone's reputation, career, goals, emotional state, or health. Harmful behavior includes unusual displays of anger; unwarranted attacks on someone's decency or ability, either to her face or behind her back; attempts to damage her career or reputation; and refusal to comply with reasonable requests that cause the person significant difficulty. An aggressive manager will attack your capabilities and reputation, ignore your prerogatives, take what he wants, and line your path with ...
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