Bam Bam Style Leadership and Management
Posted on | June 6, 2014 | No Comments
Bam Bam Leaders Are you familiar with the old TV cartoon, the Flintstones? If you are, you know that one of the toddlers was Barney’s son, appropriately named Bam Bam. In my work synthesizing human development and organizational goals, I have had an opportunity to view various types of leaders and managers up close. I smile when I encounter this type though I know firsthand the chaos their resistant but aggressive style may be causing in the workplace, in government, and other environments with a well-established top-down hierarchy. In a classic top-down corporate environment, information in the form of orders and directives only flows down the food chain, and information that might improve the overall situation sent from the front-lines or the bottom level, is ignored, denied, or booed. This management type, in a conflict resulting from a challenging source or unwanted information, regresses to toddler-like behaviors. You may already know this person. He or she is sitting stubbornly defensive and barely communicating except in repetitive forceful language (Bam Bam), managing the situation by swinging a battering ram (use your own imagination or experience) to destroy something they either cannot comprehend and/or willfully refuse to negotiate. They might even give you a toothy toddler’s smile to let you know: they're fully in charge. Shawnnichols.com
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Category: Working Environment Concerns
Tags: aggressive > Bam Bam > comprehend > conflict > defensive > destroy > food chain > hierarchy > human development > imagination > management > organizational goals > refuse to negotiate toddler > repetitive > resistant > stubborn > synthesizing > top-down > workplace
Tags: aggressive > Bam Bam > comprehend > conflict > defensive > destroy > food chain > hierarchy > human development > imagination > management > organizational goals > refuse to negotiate toddler > repetitive > resistant > stubborn > synthesizing > top-down > workplace
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