Maybe Management Isn’t Your Style; New York Times, 2/2/13

Peggy Klaus, New York Times; Maybe Management Isn’t Your Style: "IF you asked all your friends, your family and — I regret to say — your co-workers to talk about their jobs, I think you’d conclude that there is no shortage of bad bosses in this world. Studies have shown that poor managers can cause good employees to leave and, ultimately, can seriously reduce productivity in a workplace. You can point to any number of reasons for this situation: insufficient training, poor communication, etc. But I say a bad boss is born each time someone goes into management without knowing whether he or she is truly suited to the role. When people are offered a managerial job, they may become intoxicated by the idea of more power and a bigger salary. Refusing such an offer can seem out of the question."