Managers left unsupervised can become just as complacent, irresponsible, and damaging as bad employees. Absolute power, if left in the wrong hands, can ruin both a business and career.
If you’re their boss; your held responsible for what they do or don’t do; even when your not around.
Any manager who has taken over from a previous manager, and inherited the negativity and damage that they caused on a team of people and a company, will benefit from what I am about to write. There are good managers and bad managers. I will address the bad ones here, and how to recognize some of the signs they leave in their wake. Then, what you can do to clean up the mess they made with the victims they leave behind.