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What Have You Learned from Your Worst Boss Ever?

Next Level Blog

My first job out of graduate school was as a first year associate in a Wall Street investment bank whose last of the 10 corporate values they printed in their annual report was, “Have fun!” After sitting there for a few moments I think I said something like, “Whatever they did at the investment bank, I’m going to do the opposite.”

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Goldman Sachs CEO speaks in support of junior bankers’ woes of workplace abuse

HR Digest

In a recorded message to 34,000 staff on Sunday evening, Solomon said he took the complaints “very seriously” and encouraged others at the investment bank to speak out. The first-year banking analysts said they have worked an average of around 100 hours each week in 2021 and slept five hours a night.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

So, rather than micromanaging that happens quite a lot in accidental managers, that much more, kind of, coaching and mentoring type of style of management and leadership is obviously taught within CMI programmes, and then that ripples back out to empower people and it allows individuals around them to grow as well.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

So, rather than micromanaging that happens quite a lot in accidental managers, that much more, kind of, coaching and mentoring type of style of management and leadership is obviously taught within CMI programmes, and then that ripples back out to empower people and it allows individuals around them to grow as well.

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How To Build A World-Class Workplace Culture

Eric Jacobson

This isn't a mandate or form of micromanagement that I'm referring to, but rather being extremely clear about what's important from the start and then shifting to explaining why. Some examples as it relates to working from home, could include providing a list of expectations for how internal team meetings will be run and conducted virtually.

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Building A Culture For Speed, Impact And Excellence

Eric Jacobson

This isn't a mandate or form of micromanagement that I'm referring to, but rather being extremely clear about what's important from the start and then shifting to explaining why. Some examples as it relates to working from home, could include providing a list of expectations for how internal team meetings will be run and conducted virtually.

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Five Productivity Mistakes for Entrepreneurs to Avoid

Strategy Driven

3) Avoid Distracting Communication: Some entrepreneurs will spend a lot of time micromanaging and refereeing personality conflicts in the workplace or engaging in their own workplace drama with partners, colleagues, and investors. If you don’t produce results now, you will never get to your long term goals.