Important directions:
A. Place a check on the line of each question if your answer is yes.
B. If you placed a check by the statement indicating yes, then your next step is to circle or highlight the colored frequency of how often the behavior occurs. Scoring the quiz will depend not only on bad behavior but also how often it occurs. Scoring the quiz will come in the next post.
For now, when you read each statement answer it immediately. Don't chew the sentence and spit out an answer three hours later. Go with your instinct and past experience.
Are you ready? Okay, let's begin.
1. ___ My boss produces a toxic environment of distrust by actions that seem to make no sense at all to me or anyone else.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
2. ___My boss gossips about others behind their back without regard to confidentiality, respect or integrity.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
3. ___My boss lacks social awareness skills such as constantly interrupting, saying rude or obnoxious comments in meetings or to my face. I feel so uncomfortable when I am with my boss.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
4. ___My boss appears oblivious to the harm caused by an unmanaged emotional outburst in a meeting or to the staff who feel embarrassed or humiliated when hearing it.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
5. ___ My boss can exhibit impulsive behavior toward making decisions that affect office policy and procedures and will usually enact rules without notice.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
6. ___ My boss will ask for feedback but when it is given, dismisses it as nonsense or makes whoever spoke up feel stupid.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
7. ___My boss makes unreasonable demands on me or staff usually as a result of poor planning and ineffective leadership in meeting deadlines or goals.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
8. ___My boss has impossible expectations. No matter what happens, NOTHING is ever enough.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
9. ___My boss seems to feel threatened by other's success and accomplishments.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
10.___My boss would not recommend a top performer on our staff to other departments or managers to keep that person from moving up.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
11. ___My boss doesn't want to change the way it has always been done and is resistant to changing the status quo.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
12.___My boss plays favorites with staff and makes it obvious to the ones not chosen.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
13.___ My boss completely ignores conflict and avoids trying to solve problems with staff and peers.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
14.___ My boss seems to have no life outside the office and is consumed by work.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
15.___My boss appears to have a hidden agenda or an underlying motive that I can't quite put my finger on.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
16.___My boss can be cruel and ruthless in treatment of others including peers on the same level.
17.___ My boss is inflexible with work schedules and the occasional need for family flexibility.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
18.___My boss has a leadership style that is all about control.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
19. ___ I would leave my job in a heartbeat because of my boss, although I love the work I do.
Occasional thought weekly thought daily thought constant thought
20. ___ The culture in my workplace is poisoned by the negative attitude and actions of my boss.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
21. ___ What is valued most by my boss is keeping my mouth shut and doing whatever I'm told.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
22.___ My boss doesn't annually evaluate me in a review giving positive feedback and challenging me to do my best work.
It happened five years ago Talks about it but never does Refuses to make it a priority When hell freezes over
23. ___ Depending on mood, everyone stays clear of my boss if it is bad.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
24. ___ I breathe a sigh of relief when my boss isn't in the office or away in meetings.
Only occasionally weekly daily constantly
Only a little I'm quite queazy I feel sick I just threw up
You have completed the quiz. Ready to score it?
Results will be tabulated in the next post.
Stay tuned.
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