Most everyone has had the experience of dealing with a bad boss, some more than others and to differing degrees. Here's a few articles on this topic: Bad to the Bone, How to Deal: Don't!, Harvard Business Review. Hopefully, none of you had bosses who made the Really Bad Boss stories (yikes!). There's no doubt having a bad boss can truly be a helpless feeling at times. An employee's relationship with his/her manager strongly influences the employee's overall job satisfaction.
While many employees invoke the Peter Principle ("Employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence") when discussing their manager, there's easily many other reasons why the blockhead boss has no clue. Here's three main reasons why:
