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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because “terrible” is in the eye of the beholder, and most of these people are great at managing up (with the CEO, Board, etc) and across (others in the C-suite) even if they are terrible at everything else.[/quote]

Managing up vs managing down is an important concept that many people don’t understand. [/quote]
This. I worked for someone who could suddenly turn into a total psycho. Learned later that many others had experienced this. Then I was promoted and became her peer so I got to see her close up. She embodied "kick up and kick down." She never lost it in front of our bosses and sounded cool and rational. I often heard her screaming at her direct reports over the phone. I always wondered why our bosses, whose offices were close by, did not notice this behavior because it happened all the time. But after I got to know them better I also saw that our direct supervisor didn't ever want to own making a mistake or showing regret. She wouldn't have been able to be honest about the fact that she hired a dud. And her boss didn't want to deal with our bosses' issues. Or maybe they liked the sadistic behavior and didn't care. That wouldn't surprise me either. [/quote]

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