Worst Leader Ever

This adult woman actually said to adult-me “Because I said so!”  

No, I’m not talking about my mother.

Although I did feel like a child in response.

I’m talking about the WORST BOSS I ever had.  

She was the worst because she was a CONTROL freak.  😡

Tightly-wound.

Stubborn.

Distrustful.

Untrustworthy.

Stuck in stickler mode (she would edit documents of people several levels down - for punctuation.)

A hoarder of information - she took “need to know” to a whole new imaginary level.

What was driving her behaviour?  

I am certain in retrospect it was her own lack of self-confidence.   Combined perhaps with a mix of fear, anxiety.  I don’t really know.

What I DO know is that:

🍏 Leaders must learn to be open to not knowing.  

🍏 Leaders must learn to TRUST and then be trusted. 

🍏 Leaders must never say to their adult followers “Because I said so.”

What’s the WORST thing a leader ever said to you?