The Don't Be a Dick Manager Quiz for Managers

Most management training programs fail to teach which one of the following?

Avoiding discrimination

Workplace safety

How to manage a boss

Preventing sexual harassment

The best reason not to give employees too much information is:

It will distract employees from their jobs

Employees may become confused

Actually managers should give employees a lot of information to help them understand the company and the industry

Information enables employees to challenge management

True or false: threatening insubordination helps keep employees in line.

False

True

One thing you must do as a manager is:

Demand that my team show me respect

Earn the respect of my team

Make sure my team knows I'm in charge

Require loyalty from each team member

Employees will respect you more if they fear you a little bit.

False

True

The reason not to communicate with your boss too often is:

My boss already knows what they need to know about my team

Actually communicating properly with my boss helps me, my team and my career

It will just enable them to meddle in my business

They are too busy to be bothered with information about my team

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