But these traits can often have negative implications for team cohesion, morale, respect and efficiency, Legg added, especially during"periods of high stress."
"To make matters worse, bad bosses are continually making a virtue out of undermanagement … [by saying, for example] 'My people can come to me if they need me – my door is open,'" he added. "In the medium term, there is resentment at annual reviews when folks are passed over for promotions because they never lived up to a standard they were never shown," Legg cautioned.A"personal bugbear" of Legg's, the boss who talks too much typically has an"inflated opinion" of themselves and believes they are the smartest person in the room, he said.
"Employees will anticipate a highly diluted, overlong talk when a timely insight would do," Lee said. What's worse is when employees end up"trading friendship" for professional outcomes they need, and bosses make decisions based on favors instead of merit.What employees can learn