There is a strong evidence base underpinning some of the key concepts, factors, characteristics, and principles that are associated with the impact of your actions as a leader on your organization, program, and team performance.
Not surprisingly, good management styles have many guidelines and manuals, but bad management is not.
If you want to be a good leader in this sector and work as one, I can give you two steps (1- Read, 2- Practice ). Just check websites like (DevelopmentAid, The New Humanitarian …etc) and read about management/leadership then practice the recommendations in your daily life.
But if you are aiming to be a toxic manager and a lousy leader, here are four things to do.
1) Use a negative language: negatively express yourself, let your team misconstrue your message, and come away with the impression that you are obstructive rather than supportive and helpful.
2) Unusual or erratic actions: this step is straightforward. Make your actions wildly unpredictable manner, happy and kind one minute and angry and shouting the next (add body language, and you will get the best of these actions).
3) Excessive pessimism: this is the classic step, and recommended if you are aiming to be a lousy manager. Keep thinking negatively, identify, and focus on the negative or unfavorable aspects of a situation rather than concentrating on what is going right.
4) Ignore your team’s emotions and remember that the workplaces emotion-free zones. No leaves, no breaks, no humanity, and support that with adding more deadlines.
In short, a toxic manager will increase anxiety and take actions to impact them and lead a bad performance.
Aid workers experience risks, stress, and anxiety that comes from the provision of humanitarian relief, such as security, safety, mental health, and too many other things. It’s your choice as a leader to be good or bad. Just remember that as a leader, you are an amplifier of people’s emotions. If you do things right, you can bring out the best in your team even in the worst of times. If you do things wrong, you will lower morale and performance even when things are fine.
