Arlington Ridge

Your boss suddenly turns tiger or acts like Mr. Freeze. If he moved and sounded like he was thawed from the Arctic Sea since you first worked for him, then that’s fine. What should be cause for worry is a sudden change in his treatment of you. Where once he was patient, nowhe snaps at mirror mistakes. Where once he wasalways solicitous of what you and your department are going through, now he acts as if you are blame for every problem. If the boss himself is just going through a rough patch, he will revert to his old friendly self after a few weeks. If he is simply dissapionted with your performance but he still trusts you to turn in good work then he would be professional enough to discuss this in private with you. But if the sting and cold shoulder persists for months, and he brushes aside your own initiatives to talk to him, then it would be wise to start looking for opinions.
The boss bypasses you and goesdirectly to your sudordinates. Now some mentoring superiors have this tendency, but they still keep you in the loop and even tell your people to keep you updated. But if the boss deals directly with your juniors and acts like he trusts them more than he trusts you, this shows a disregard for your position, which should make your alarm belss ring.
The top brass start blaming you for every problem in your department. They just dont brawl at you or call you on the carpet. Once memos start flying and notifying you of your every infraction, them that means they are complining enough documentation to justify thier transfer of you to another department or, worse, your termination. You’re edged out of the decision-making project. Management meeting that you were once part of, decision-making processes  that you were once consulted on, memos and e-mails that you were sent to you about really important stuff concerning the company all of a sudden, youre out of the loop. The boss’ secretary ” forgets” to inform you of crucial meetings, yours fellow department head resieves a memo and you dont, and suddenly input is not as valuable as it once was.

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