Your boss is indecisive, or maybe not

According to a recent News.com.au article, nearly half of British employees think their bosses are poor decision makers according to a new poll conducted in June 2007 by research firm YouGov.

Of the 46 per cent who said the bosses didn't know what they were doing, some 83 per cent said they thought management's poor decisions damaged morale, 51 per cent said it hurt productivity and 19 per cent said it handed rival firms an advantage.

"When questioned about the reasons behind their managers' indecision, half (51 per cent) of employees who think their managers are indecisive point to lack of competence and a third (34 per cent) to the lack of confidence," said the poll, which was done for Investors in People UK - an organisation which works with companies to improve performance.

This begs these questions:

1. Why would organisations permit their managers to wreak havoc like this?
   
   
2. When were you adversely impacted by poor management?
   
   
3. Did you resolve the situation? Or, like so many, just give up and move on?
   
   

Chris Blackman - ASVP Group - Strategic Management