From the course: More Leadership Lessons from Bad Bosses
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Characteristics of the ghost boss
From the course: More Leadership Lessons from Bad Bosses
Characteristics of the ghost boss
Wait, wasn't my boss just here? Where did they go? This client won't stop calling, and there are some major issues with this launch. I really need some guidance on this. I can't run interference on my own. Sound familiar? That's what the ghost boss is best known for. Disappearing. Being an absentee manager when you need them the most. I wish someone would have told me this, that when the going gets tough—a crisis, a deadline, a tough call, a decision to be made—that ghost boss vanishes. They disappear, stop responding to emails, to texts, or calls. They are unreachable. They're absent from meetings. They're gone. They can assign tasks with no context, no support, no goals. Nothing. You're left to figure it out on your own. They're quick to take credit for the work, of course, and everything that you and the team do—usually, though, from a distance. But when things go wrong, they're quick to place blame. They have no feedback for you. Nothing positive, nothing negative, nothing even…
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