By SIMON CONSTABLE
Part 12 of a continuing series, which outlines how you too can be an appalling manager. Read part 11 here.
One of the things I've noticed about great bosses is that they are consistent in the way they treat their team. It's not just in one way, but in all. For instance, they are typically consistently fair, consistently level headed, consistently decent to people, consistently respectful, consistently encouraging etc. You get the idea.
I have had bosses who behaved this way and I adored them. However, this column is about how to be truly awful as a manager.
If you want any chance of achieving the status of the world's worst boss, then you must in no way be consistent. Instead, you should strive for what I call "self-contradictory inconsistencies."
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