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    A Hostile Kind of Leadership
    A Hostile Kind of Leadership
    A Hostile Kind of Leadership
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    A Hostile Kind of Leadership

    By Nhlanhla Stephens Mdluli

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    A hostile Kind of Leadership is the Author's journey and experiences in 3 companies that he worked for and as a result he draws 9 characteristics that he believes good leaders should avoid at all costs. It is such a painful story which involves maltreatment, jealousy and hatred in the workplace as practiced by some of the bad leaders he has worked under.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClassic age Publishing
    Release dateMar 5, 2017
    ISBN9781386101536
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      A Hostile Kind of Leadership - Nhlanhla Stephens Mdluli

      Dedication

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      A book based on the true life story of the Author

      This book is dedicated to all workers or employees facing a hostile type of a leadership at their workplace.

      - Nhlanhla Stephens Mdluli

      Preface

      Your challenges in life do assist you to be strong, to learn to persevere and be knowledgeable

      CONTENTS

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      Special message from Nhlanhla Stephens Mdluli

      1.  Acknowledgements

      2.  Nine characteristics of a bad leader at work

      2.1  Always angry for no reason

      2.2  Waiting for mistakes but can’t appreciate good work

      2.3  Compares his/her staff members

      2.4  Hates confrontations by his/her own staff members

      2.5  Reprimands his/her staff members in front of office clients just to make a show off

      2.6  Calling a meeting only when he/she wants to rebuke his/her staff

      2.7  Leads by threats than being an example

      2.8  Uses favouritism in dividing his/her staff members

      2.9  Destroy his/her staff members by always reminding them of their past mistakes

      3.  My experiences at my three working stations, and how l managed those difficult moments at work

      4.  Word of advice to leaders in the workplace

      4.1  Inspire those working under your leadership

      4.2  Motivate them to be their best at work

      4.3  Develop them and groom them to become good leaders like you one day

      4.4  Create a culture and a climate of excellence

      4.5  Assist them to discover, develop and demonstrate their full potential

      4.6  Assist them to develop confidence and self trust in them

      5.  Conclusion

      6.  About the Author

      A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR:  NHLANHLA STEPHENS MDLULI

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      Iam truly honoured to have put all these ideas in this book to assist you in overcoming challenges and problems at your working stations. The purpose of this book is to amplify your knowledge in dealing with difficult leadership at work.  It will therefore equip you to inspire others effectively. I wrote the book with you and your challenges in mind.  The possibility of you reading this book is the very thing that inspired the writing of this book. You will be doing yourself a great favour to inspire others from the inspiration you will get from this book.

      I therefore encourage you to have and read this book, since it will equip and assist you positively. Thanks: Nhlanhla Stephens Mdluli

      AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I owe a great deal of gratitude to many people who were there with me during my difficult times and struggles. Firstly, God the Heavenly Father, secondly, my wife and kids, especially my lovely wife, she have been there for me, giving me courage and hope and least but not last, all members of my church ( Empilweni House Ministries) for the courage they gave me and the support. To my only friend Mfana Samuel Mathebula and his family. Thanks Boss for being there for us, your encouraging words especially to beloved wife meant a lot Bab’ u Mathebula.  To my Mom and Dad, I am blessed to have you as my parents, your support and advice have done me a great deal. To my brother Oubaas and my sisters Thembi, Juliet, Audrey, Ouma, Nunu and last born Sonto and my sister ‘s daughters Sthembiso and Mpumi, thanks for your support and advice, even financial support, To the Mdluli family as a whole, your support and advice guys won’t be forgotten, especially my brother Jeffrey ka-Mdluli, you were always at my place of residence to offer a helping hand and  advice, thanks broer.

      I dedicate this book to you all.  May the good Lord bless you all.

      INTRODUCTION

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      I THANK GOD FOR the opportunity to present my first book to you and the whole world about the workplace, its challenges and tips for good leadership for leaders. The book is based on my true-life story.  I thought of putting all these ideas and my experiences down on paper to help you face all those challenges at your working stations, making you aware that there are people who did face them before you and succeed, and who are ready to assist you with every knowledge and experience they have accumulated in the ultimate end.

      My book talks about nine characteristics of a bad leader at work, of which l think leaders should avoid at all costs.  I think leaders should truly avoid these nine characteristics of a bad leader in their leadership towards those that God put in charge to lead at working ranks. By avoiding these nine characteristics of bad leadership, they will yield healthy and strong leaders for tomorrow and the future.  It also talks about my accumulated experience and knowledge from my previous three working ranks, that I also think these will assist one in the same position today with what l did face, thus making the troubles he/she is presently faced with a little bit easier to face and overcome.

      It also came from my experiences, gives six counsels to leaders, in assisting them to being good leaders at their working ranks.  These are however, not the only gears that can assist and groom leaders to become good in their style, but also herein are good tips that can be of assistance to their development in the leadership category.

      I would like us therefore, step by step to look at my book as arranged and written.  Please enjoy reading this book from page to page as it will definitely equip and motivate you.

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      NINE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BAD LEADER

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      I WOULD LIKE US to look at these nine characteristics of a bad leader or of bad leadership at work. I think this will assist all leaders at different working environments to avoid these nine characteristics of bad leadership to the people they lead. 

      I personally don’t think that leaders are at work only to see to it that a job is well done or is being executed timeously and productively, but that they are also there to see to it that the people or stuff in whom they lead are happy and also to give them necessary advices, motivation and support where needed as far as their wellbeing is concerned, thus assisting them to rejoice all the time coming to work and enjoy having a leader at work. 

      And I also think that leaders are there to positively groom those working under them into great leaders for tomorrow.  Let us now look at these nine characteristics that shows a bad leader: 

      1.  ALWAYS ANGRY FOR NO REASON

      When you work under this kind of a leader or leadership, it’s too bad and very difficult, because the person is always angry for no reason.  It is so hard and merely impossible to please this kind of a leader.

      This is exactly what l experienced at my working station, we would always be called in his office and get reprimanded for small matters, things like going to a shop to buy bread during tea time, arriving at the shop and because of the queue there, one would end up taking 20 minutes for a tea break instead of 15 minutes as prescribed in the contract, and even if you try to apologize in consequence and give reasons to the extended time wasted, it would be like you are talking alone.  Sometimes he would find you outside the office premises assisting office clients or visitors with directions to where they would like to visit, he would just shout at you in their presence without understanding your reasons for being outside at that time.

      Always angry for no reason.  Any bad information that would be given to him by our office clients about us in his meetings with them; won’t be investigated, and on his arrival he would call an urgent meeting and reprimand us from a hearsay, always angry for no reason. 

      It is very difficult to work under such leadership; going to work becomes so difficult.

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      2. WAITING FOR MISTAKES BUT CAN’T APPRECIATE GOOD WORK

      A leader should be able to appreciate good work, be able to motivate his/her employees in doing more good in their craft, but ours was an opposite, you do something good, no appreciation at all, but when one does something bad or forget to send a document somewhere or forget to send an invitation to someone for a meeting, that mistake shall be of a reminder on you for a long time, you do

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