Written by It is never good to allow an employee to feel any sense of accomplishment. PERIOD. In a recent situation one of my subordinates was so freaking proud of his success. As a good manager you need to teach humility. When he came beaming into my office and disclosed his latest successful task, I responded with a sarcastic “Alright….?” Notice the question mark, that immediately allowed him to know that I was not impressed, at all.
Like any approval seeking character he immediately became defensive, the key here is to stand your ground. Shoot down everything, and what you cannot shoot down, minimize to no end. You WILL succeed every time. Game over, you win, FATALITY.
The beauty of this is that when raise time comes, your subordinate should KNOW that a raise is not in the cards. This will make the conversation that you don’t have with him/her easier!
Oh my word! I hope this website is a joke.
Every single one of the ideas on this site are only going to create poor morale, terrible productivity (if any at all), and high turnover.
Anyone using this “management style” has to be working with minimum wage employees. There is no possible way that you value ANY of your employees if you are using this style. Even the employees that you value are going to take offense to you mistreating someone else.
Wow! What a mess you have created.
Everyone is now dumber for reading this website and may God have mercy on your soul!
Nice Billy Madison quote however it is you who is dumb for thinking this website is anything other than a satire.