The world is rife with bad managers. That's one focus of this site.

Just as it is good to lead by example, it's bad to mislead by example.

Currently, there's a great bad management story in the news regarding the Attorney General for the United States, Alberto Gonzales, and his handling of the dismissal of eight Federal Attorneys General (note: this is not a political rant).

In a nutshell, it appears that Mr. Gonzales may have discharged qualified employees because they failed a values litmus test (that's my summary). That is, they were not enough in lock-step with the big boss to satisfy the big boss or one of his advisers.

There are several notable management weaknesses that are highlighted here:

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