An astonishing amount of management training seems to boil down to 'have you considered not being the worst possible example of a human that you can think of? It might make your team more productive!' Which really makes me wonder about the incentive structures that lead to people who need to be told that ending up in management positions.
@david_chisnall
At a previous company's management training they taught the opposite; stop being nice to and supporting your employees, they don't deserve it.
@FritzAdalis Well that's horrifying. I hope they get the employee productivity that they deserve.
@david_chisnall @FritzAdalis Seconding "that's horrifying." I guess that answers the question of "who teaches these managers to behave so terribly?"
@david_chisnall They don't teach empathy in business schools.