A department afflicted with a
Bad Boss is a sorry sight. Low morale, poor motivation, performance and
productivity levels sagging below the norm for the company. . . dismal and
depressing.
Yet you want to rise above, you
want to get to the top of the heap, not stay buried beneath it.
Without realizing it, you’re up
against a double whammy: not only do you have a Bad Boss, but everyone else in
your department is suffering from the same unsupportive situation--and dragging
you down with them.
Recent research by Scott E. Carrell of the University of
California-Davis shows that people may adopt the diet and exercise patterns of
the least fit within a peer group. They don’t tend to emulate the most fit,
rather they gravitate toward those who don’t make the grade. This is especially
true of the lesser fit individuals.
How does that apply to your Bad Boss situation?
Well, if you don’t exert extra effort, you’ll be influenced by your equally
unhappy co-workers to be even more unmotivated and unproductive than you
already are!
But here’s the thing: if you
don’t join in the water-cooler complaining sessions, if you surround yourself
with friends outside of work who are happy and successful in their work, if you
subscribe to positive-minded blogs and other such to keep yourself on an upward
track, you can counteract the “peer group effect.”
Don’t let the “misery loves
company” mindset sabotage your path to success!
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