April 13th, 2010
TV news boss creates worker snitch plan
In all of our talks, workshops and training sessions, we discuss the variety of tactics bullies use to control the workgroup. When the bully is a boss (as he/she is in 72% of cases), divide and conquer tactics pit worker against worker, destroying morale but protecting the bully’s status as dominator. Sometimes the tactic is subtle and artfully applied. Recent news from Orlando sets a new standard for unmitigated gall.
WKMG-TV news director Steve Hyvonen called for a Saturday meeting of the 60 employees to discuss “what makes bad TV news.” But he also instructed staff to write the names of three co-workers who are “often a negative influence on what we do” and who have “a poor work ethic.” He called them “battery drainers.” How about voting for the boss, unanimously?Full details of the story, including boss’ memo, from a local blogger
Send a direct message to Steve Hyvonen by selecting WKMG News Director from the “Select Recipient” drop-down menu at this page.
Watch MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann’s treatment of it
Tags: bad boss, Steve Hyvenon, WKMG-TV
This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 at 8:36 am and is filed under Bullying Tutorials. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Loading ...
There are truths that targets of bullying believe and there are truths that everyone will understand.
Worker snitch plans are detrimental. Everyone can see this if only they were told.