Why so many bosses are bad
For a long time, one of Canada鈥檚 largest residential landlords, Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAPREIT), admittedly did better at managing its properties than its staff did. Its workers were disengaged and unhappy, and their managers were not providing the right sort of feedback. 鈥淧eople didn鈥檛 feel they were being recognized for their efforts, they didn鈥檛 feel any sense of accomplishment, and the work they did was kind of just seen as, 鈥極h, that鈥檚 your work,鈥� 鈥� says Jodi Lieberman, vice-president of human resources.
...听One explanation has to do with the fact that many managers are in their 40s and 50s, and they learned their skills back when conventional thinking had it that companies should be hierarchical, with a top-down management structure and a chief executive who made all the decisions. But many of the ideas underlying that approach are now obsolete. 鈥淭he speed of change in the world has gone nuts, and there鈥檚 a lot of research showing that corporate management has not kept up,鈥� says Karl Moore, an associate professor at 六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management. 鈥淪ome companies seem to get this, but a lot are just waking up.鈥�
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