![]() ![]() The manager was there to take the ultimate decisions. But the manager refused to listen to her advice and dismissed the need of any. She knew the benefits of such a team structure and presence of a strong leader. There was no structured team with a defined leader to lead:- Sheila had always worked in a structured team with clearly defined hierarchy and assigned tasks.Soon after joining the new job Sheila experienced something which gave her a clear indication that her manager had deployed this method to keep his seat intact in the company. The manager ruined the integration of the team with divide and rule policy! But to her utter dismay, Sheila found out that she was in the wrong hands. Also, she would be under an experienced manager of 15 years in sales and marketing which would definitely be helpful to understand the trade. But, when she moved to another city in India to start a full-fledged career in the same under the guidance of a senior manager, she had a dreadful experience.ĭuring the interview Sheila was told she will be working as a strategist for a single project – a dedicated hiring, which she believed would enhance her career graph as she had never worked as a strategist before. Sheila had been working as a digital marketer for years with good career prospects. Today I will share her experiences with you. Her promising career was ruined by her manager who used a divide and rule management style that not only stalled her progress but also compelled her to leave the new job soon after joining. This is exactly what happened with my friend Sheila a few years back. The team, the projects and the company, all suffer from such managerial incompetence. ![]() When your boss divides to rule at the office it has some obvious outcomes – the subordinates would never come together as a team. The leader/manager goes about collecting information from the team about team-mates, discusses and is dismissive about subordinates in front of their peers, and pits one against the other. ![]() The leader/manager’s own insecurity makes him/her intentionally create disharmony among team members. It is a strategy of gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power in a team/office into parts so that individuals in that team have less power than the one implementing the strategy. How does the ‘Divide and Conquer’ style of management work? I believe there is no other leadership style so destructive in nature as this one. Divide and rule is a very popular management/leadership style often practised in modern day corporate offices. ![]()
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