Aren’t all politicians?
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AFAIK, yes.
This entirely prejudiced article is not for the faint-hearted or Tories but it lampoons “Psycho” Raab in a way that made me laugh:
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And most bosses! 
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Management styles differ wildly.
We never used to have so many problems, however there has been a very significant culture change over the last decade.
Confrontation is not always the best way of getting the most out of people, neither is consistent blaming of junior staff for management failings.
It was not the millennials who bought down Raab, the two complaints that did where made by the FDA, the very senior Civil Servants…
Raab also performed very badly on the Afghanistan withdrawal,denied the facts and blamed others.
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I would just like to expand somewhat.
I was fairly Junior when Thatcher was in charge.
She demanded the best and was very, very direct.
My then bosses who met her, I was far too Junior, where scared of her.
Best described as being told off by your favourite Grandparent.
Never nasty, never threatening, but you left with the impression that you had not done very well and had let them down.
A brilliant Manager she got the best out of people.
It most certainly was a full-bodied stitch-up and Cummings got it right when he advised for a root and branch sort-out of the Civil Service. It never was great for UK plc, but since Blair & Co it has become a law unto itself.
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That’s two of you, then … 
Absolute bollards! I am just one of many ‘ex-servants’ who recognises it is now being run as an anti-right pressure group. It won’t be long before it resembles the old Ndrangheta. I retired just over 20yrs ago and I could see the undertow already forming with far too many joining the rolled up trouser leg brigade.
I was a Civil Servant, too … but never “Angry of Mayfair” … 
Radical plans to bring in more “politicisation” of Whitehall by allowing ministers greater powers to appoint their own civil servants – including some with overt political affiliations – are being considered by the government’s own adviser on the civil service.
Writing in today’s Observer, the Conservative peer and former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, who is expected to report shortly to Rishi Sunak, says that in order for ministers to get the best advice possible, we need “to be more robust and less mealy mouthed about ‘politicisation’”. Maude’s ideas also include external auditing of advice given by civil servants to reward those who perform best.
Now that’s what I call a really good idea … fill the Civil Service with Tory Party yes-men and reward those who agree with their minister the most (the ‘external auditors’ being, of course ‘friends’ of the Party) … 
The Peter Princdiple would also, it seems, apply at all levels
If you believe in it, it means that you, also, might have been operating at a level higher than your ability?
You’re not the only one.
Soon there will have to be a training course which tells you how to describe a time wasting useless worker in words that won’t upset him/her!
However will we get rid of the baddies?
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… and you also.
ofcourse the bullying of Charles Kennedy by Ian Blackford resulting in Kennedy death was perfectly fine and so was the bullying of Dr David Kelly that resulted in his death - also perfectly fine and as for Bercow and Gordon Brown, who equally hurled abuse and threw things at people (in Bercows case), that was also perfectly OK.
But… tell a civil servant that their work isn’t up to scratch is definately a resigning offence.
- Why didn’t Sunak back Raab like Johnson backed Patel ?
- Why was Raab (a Brexiteer) replaced by another remainer ?
Let’s see if Sunak does the right thing and puts Raab back in cabinet in another position this week.
I was thinking about this some more today and one thing I’ve noticed in my time working is that it’s always the least competent, thickest and laziest bosses and managers who are the most critical and bullying towards their underlings
Loads of passing the buck and looking for a scapegoat if things go wrong and nasty temper because of their own shortcomings and fear of what they will lead to
While bosses and managers who are really good at what they do and are driven and motivated have the confidence to bring out the best work from other people, by example, personal high standards, personality and guidance
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I agree … 
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You have that spot on! Good top management should mean leading by example and a slack man/woman at the top leads to poor performance all the way down the ladder.
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A successful Company would spot those baddies and have them gone, pronto!
Otherwise they would not stay successful.
Don’t know how it works in Public businesses, might be a tougher nut to crack?
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I don’t think they do, though, in private companies, or at least not in time before they do the damage
Who knows why?
Nepotism, favouritism, easier to keep than get rid, they’ve got used to them, they’ve been conned by them, they know they’re aggressive and mistake it for tough management?
Private business is very dependent on the judgement of the owners or directors and often they don’t have a clue but think they’re smart, until it starts going down the pan and they wonder why
Public business? I always went to the underlings and frontline managers first and asked them nicely!
That’s where the real knowledge and power lies
That’s something Raab and the other bullies should have remembered
And to be nice to the little people, they can make your life a lot easier or a living hell!
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