Have a bad manager? Science explains why. | The Indicator

Have a bad manager? Science explains why. | The Indicator

The best manager isn’t necessarily the best employee. Turns out it isn't so easy to predict what DOES make a good manager. Today on the show, we turn to science to help answer that very question. Fact checking by Sierra Juarez (https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez) . Your Next Listen  — Productivity and workforce whiplash (https://www.npr.org/2022/10/25/1131441128/productivity-and-workforce-whiplash) Connect with The Indicator  — Sign up for The Indicator’s weekly newsletter (https://npr.org/indicatornewsletter) !  — Buy the Planet Money book (https://lnk.to/i3AukBdDWE)   — Find our socials, YouTube and more (https://linktr.ee/indicator_npr) !  — For sponsor-free episodes, subscribe to NPR+ (https://plus.npr.org/)   Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org (http://plus.npr.org) .  See pcm.adswizz.com (https://pcm.adswizz.com) for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy (https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy)