What Great Bosses Know about Top-Down Management

Top-down management, as a rule, kills motivation and morale. Employees are "bossed around" and don't have a voice in their work. That's why Great Bosses avoid the style -- except on rare and specific circumstances when it's actually the best course of action. The Poynter Institute's leadership and management expert Jill Geisler shares 5 situations when managers SHOULD adopt a command-and-control, do-as-I-say style - and how they should follow up when they do. This podcast is a companion to Jill's column on Poynter.org: http://bit.ly/bOMpj2