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Maybe berating employees isn't so smart

For a leader, singling out the staff for censure looks like an attempt to shirk responsibility

Maybe berating employees isn’t so smart
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Attacking employees causes them to lose confidence in the boss. Photo: iSTOCK

Kara Alaimo | Bloomberg
US President Donald Trump is famous for his insults, so perhaps his habit of attacking subordinates should come as no surprise. He criticised Attorney General Jeff Sessions three days in a row last week, calling him “very weak,”blasting his conduct in the Russia investigation, and slamming him for not firing acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe — who also Trump attacked, insinuating that he was corrupt. Trump also referred to the investigation into his firing of the previous FBI director as a “witch hunt” led by some “very bad and conflicted people,” in an apparent dig at Deputy Attorney General Rod