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Sounds like a dumb question but it is bad management to have bad managers. Bad managers are everywhere. I’m sure if you look around your office you could put at least one or two in that category. What classifies someone as a bad manger and more importantly, do you see yourself in any of the following? If you do, then maybe it’s time to do some soul searching and change your ways.

According to Jim Sirbasku, co founder of Profiles International, there are five reasons for management failure:

1. Poor interpersonal and communication skills
2. Ineffective team leaders
3. Resistance to change
4. Disappointing results
5. Inability to see beyond their functional silo

He says the most common one is poor interpersonal and communications skills. The trick is off course to identify the symptoms which are:

1. always feuding or fighting with someone in the organization

2. has a reputation for being aloof, cold,arrogant and insensitive

3. avoids direct communication

4. sends bad news via email or text message

5. exhibits a hostile attitude towards others

6. other employees either love or hate him

If you fall into any of these categories, then you need to do something fast. If you know of someone who is like this and you have to deal with them every day, then firstly you have to understand the true root cause of the conflicts that go on with that person. You also have to get an understanding of the management style of that person and you have to help that manager understand his own communication and management style as well. Sounds like a lot but letting things go can be a lot worse in the long run.