#Leadership : 10 Ways a Terrible Boss Can Still Teach You How to Lead…If you Have a Terrible Boss, Comfort yourself by Considering How Much you’re Learning.

Terrible bosses are everywhere. They’re no fun to work for, but their lousy leadership does come with a silver lining: valuable “what not to do” lessons on effective leadership.

Here are 10 of the most important areas where you can learn from your boss’ bad example.

1. Lack of decisiveness.
Atrophy, entropy and lethargy hold back people and organizations. Indecisiveness, foot-dragging, distraction, and disengagement impair productivity. Effective leaders don’t keep people waiting for a decision, they are decisive and strong minded.
2. Lack of vision.
Terrible bosses like to think they’re good enough to wing it. They spend their time on day-to-day operations without ever articulating a vision. Effective leaders understand the power of an inspiring, purposeful vision in getting great work from their teams.

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3. Lack of delegation.
We’ve all had at least one control freak boss. They’re everywhere, it seems, and their micromanagement cuts off all the oxygen to productivity. Delegating is an art, and the best leaders are those who give their teams the freedom to innovate and the structure to work together at peak performance.
4. Lack of communication. 
A boss who’s shut up in an office with little communication to the team is missing out on one of the most important elements of leadership. Communication is the key to all relationships. Great leaders take the time to listen, to understand, to ask questions, and to share with people what they need to know.
5. Lack of humility.
Insecure bosses often belittle team members and throw around their power–when things become difficult, they turn to insults and abusive language. Never in the history of the world have these tactics caused anyone to do better work. If anything, they fracture teams and cause good people to leave. Develop stress management skills if you need them, and help others do the same. Learn to find the best in people.
6. Lack of credibility.
Anyone–boss or not–who routinely fails to meet commitments and promises instantly loses credibility and trust. Effective leadership means keeping your word. It’s as simple as that.
7. Lack of resolve.
Terrible bosses often either seek out conflict or are so conflict-averse that they bury their heads in the sand and hope things will go away on their own. Workplace conflict is a fact of life, and the only way to get through it is to resolve it quickly and fairly.
8. Lack of responsibility.
A bad boss’s first response in any bad situation is to begin covering their own tracks and tagging others with the responsibility. Effective leaders know that by admitting their mistakes they demonstrate that messing up is part of trying and failure is part of succeeding.
9. Lack of positivity.
It’s hard to be around negativity all day every day without it getting to you–never mind trying to do anything productive. Encouraging others with positivity and empowerment is the best way to make people feel more appreciated, productive, and motivated.
10. Lack of leadership.
Ultimately, a lack of leadership could be the common factor in all terrible bosses who don’t lead, who don’t set the example, who don’t walk their talk, are bosses who become ineffective and less influential. an effective leader will always lead by example, and walk their talk even when no one is watching.

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