Tales of workplace ineptitude

[SillyBilly]

When a work colleague divulges private information to parent helpers on another Student and put you right in it.

FMD

[Scorch]

It’s a concern when your organisation regularly goes back to the same watering hole of consulting firm - Boston Consulting Group in my case. It feels like they’ve given the running of the place over to Boston.

BCG the answer to all of the problems of the Banking sector… The insurance policy for inept senior leaders who lack both the courage and strategic foresight to do their jobs!

[Scorch]

For me, the worst examples of workplace ineptitude have occurred where a psychopathic, autocratic executive is introduced to a functioning work environment. Their usual M.O. is to destroy all existing power bases (thereby making the place dysfunctional by driving out experience & knowledge), then hire in yes men / women to work on pet projects intended to disrupt without regard for collateral damage. After a year or two of toxicity, waste, overpromising & under-delivering they move on to bigger & better things leaving a trail of destruction behind for the survivors to repair. Seen this a few times. Never understood why these types prosper.

They effectively manage their brand…Talkers, game players, cheats… Who use the notion of ‘values’ to manipulate and destroy and who reward those who align and eliminate those who challenge even if their demonstrated value creation is stronger.