LEADERSHIP BY CARE OR MANAGEMENT BY FEAR e-bog

Writing this book has been on my mind for many years. The book is based on my experience with a particular profile type I call bandits, who are destructive to, among other things, a healthy work environment. They move freely on land and in cities, in companies and in private life. Despite their destructive behavior towards others, they often manage to fly under the radar, where they create fear, particularly in the workplace, with their manipulative and toxic behavior. A bandit can be your boss, colleague, or employee who manipulates solely for personal gain, at the expense of others, and can thus break down other people through psychological violence. If fear has already infected your workplace, it often requires great courage and endurance to stand up against the bandit or bandits. Only through sharing knowledge can we quell the power of taboos. Often, when we have received the necessary knowledge and insight, we are no longer as fearful, and the bandit can no longer spread their poison. As Plato said: "Understanding spreads slowly, but it spreads nonetheless." As a curiosity, four top executives from Danish business tell their story of encountering a bandit and the ser