7 bad leadership patterns that drive good employees away, and how to fix them

Managers rarely wake up intending to drive away talented employees. Yet every week, employees quietly decide they’ve had enough—not because of one terrible meeting or one bad day, but because they’ve experienced the same behaviors and conduct over and over again. Gallup has repeatedly found that managers account for most of the variance in employee engagement. That’s because employees experience an organization primarily through the person they report to. A manager can make work meaningful—or...