Hidden Blockers to Accountability Caused by Leaders Who Bully

Picture this: you step into your workplace, a space where you spend most of your waking hours, only to face subtle threats, overt hostility, or being outright ignored by your leader. Instead of feeling supported, you have a leader who resorts to bullying behavior to either make themselves look good or to get things done.  

While some leaders believe behaviors like yelling and dressing you down for a minor mistake are a sign of strength, more often, it's about control and insecurity. So why does this happen, and why is it normal in many organizations? Usually, it's because of a lack of leadership development and emotional intelligence and because the culture allows it. When they don't know how to consciously manage performance, they overpower, thinking it's going to motivate. 

And the impact it has on accountability is measurable. Instead of motivating, it backfires, and this type of leadership behavior causes employees to shut down, not level up. Other effects – increased stress, anxiety, reduced job satisfaction, and a significant hit to both morale and productivity in the workplace negatively impact productivity, accountability, reduced innovation, and elevated staff turnover.

In this episode, we explore the impact of bullying leaders on accountability. In addition to showing some of the ways bullying occurs, we'll provide insight into the reasons behind some leaders' unintentional use of bullying behaviors.  

Join us in this episode in the series on accountability so that bullying and other dysfunctional leadership behaviors don't become 'normalized' in your organization. Changing your approach to leadership can revolutionize your and your employees' work experiences. Don't miss out on this crucial conversation!

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