If you are a "bad boss" you ought to consider boosting your emotional intelligence before you get sued.
Maybe you are not the ogre or abusive jerk distressed workers, writers and websites are talking about. Maybe you are just overworked and under skilled. (See my article: 5 Ways To Overcome Bad Boss Syndrome) But with growing pressure for change you may have to shape up or pay up.
A bill in New Jersey would give an individual the right to seek as much as $25,000 in damages if an employer created "an abusive work environment." Similar measures are pending in New York state, Vermont and Washington state. In California, a Sacramento-based group called California Healthy Workplace Advocates is working to revive a sue-the-boss bill that died in committee in 2003. Source: Is the boss a real piece of work? - Los Angeles Times
Whether or not you think you are a bad boss, it is important to know how your employees perceive you. Do they see you as someone who is empathetic or insensitive? Do you appear to be demonstrating mature emotional self-control or are you seen as someone who frequently "loses it" and subjects them to your emotional outbursts? Do they fear you and find you unapproachable?
You could ask them and find out - if they are not too afraid to tell you. Another good way
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