Survey Shows 48% Would Fire Their Boss
48% Of 1,118 visitors who participated in a survey at BadBossology.com said they would fire their boss if they could. 29% would have their boss assessed by a workplace psychologist and 23% would send their boss for management training.
Toronto ON (PRWEB) June 15, 2004 -- Based on a recent survey conducted at
Badbossology.com, it appears that many people with difficult bosses would fire
them versus taking less drastic action. Between April 19th and June 11th, of the
1,118 people who completed the survey on its site (http://www.badbossology.com) 48% said they would fire their
boss if they could, 29% would have their boss assessed by a workplace
psychologist and 23% would send their boss for management training. Said
Co-founder Gary Lahey, "These results seem consistent with psychologist Dr.
Robert Hogan's suggestion that at least 55% of managers in America are
incompetent. And, in general, given their human and financial costs, it's really
time for Corporate America to get serious about bad bosses."
Other
surveys indicate that approximately 40% of employees have had to deal with a bad
boss, and a Gallup Organization study of over 1,000,000 employees found that if
a company is losing good people, more than any other single reason, the cause is
their immediate supervisor: Gallup also found poorly managed workgroups are an
average of 50% less productive and 44% less profitable than well managed
groups.
A follow-up survey is currently being conducted and the question
is "How helpful is your HR department in protecting employees from bad bosses?"
People can participate in the survey by visiting the site's home page (http://www.badbossology.com).
Badbossology.com itself
is a new and completely free web site designed to protect both people and
companies. It provides continually updated material in an intuitive, blog-style
user interface. It takes a responsible balanced approach, devoid of ranting and
'Boss from Hell' stories, and also provides key resources for bosses, executives
and board members (http://www.badbossology.com/c68). A "Vault" or secure
repository is provided so visitors can bookmark items along with personal notes
for fast reference. And material is drawn from sources such as The Chicago
Tribune, CNNMoney.com, Fast Company, The Harvard Business School, and the Wall
Street Journal's CareerJournal.com.
For further information, please
contact e-mail protected from spam bots, visit http://www.badbossology.com
or call Gary Lahey at 416-201-9730.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prweb133277.htm