AXA Dictator

From 2000 to 2006, one in four CEO tenures ended in forced dismissal according to Fortune magazine. This dismissal resulted from the boss being overly inflexible or too demanding and employees being unhappy. And make no mistake; leading like a dictator is one of the fastest ways to foster workplace discontent.

AXA is operating under a toxic environment – dictatorship – and this will surely leads AXA straight into the gutter. Hundreds of agencies are terminated without giving any reason and dictatorship rules:-

The Company Revolves Around You - Employees/Agency are able to describe you in one word: self-centered. Without your so-called guidance - all would be lost. Your inferior employees/agents are there to carry out orders that further your personal objectives.

You Obsessively Control Employees/Agency - You enjoy wasting time by micromanaging every employee/agency task. You make people work precisely when, where, and how you want them to. Your office is an elementary school classroom where you need to monitor every movement, action, and breathe your employee/agent makes.

You “Inspire” with Fear - You made known that mistake or dissent can be punishable by unemployment or termination of agency agreement. Your method to motivate people is to make them feel like their job is something they must do to survive rather than something they want to do. Your whatapps are laced with threats, sarcasms, insults and derogatory word - aimed to maximize employee/agent panic.

Priorities Start and End with Work - There is no room for excuse - when there’s work to do. “Work/life balance” and “personal time” don’t exist. You interrupt employees/agents after work and during weekend - expecting them to cater to your needs 24/7.

Respect Doesn’t Matter - Your ideal image of a leader-follower relationship is to give as little as possible and get a lot back. Whenever an employee/agent has done something wrong, you don’t hesitate to “chew-out” a person. You do not waste the chance to make an example of one person and motivate the others to do their job right

You are Never Wrong - You never admit to being wrong. It is my way or the highway. You have a line of scapegoats outside your office just waiting to take the blame? You’re the leader of the company, your image is its most important asset, and being wrong is not an option.

Managing like a dictator - creates a toxic & stressful workplace environments. Life Insurers (Great Eastern, Prudential, AIA) works closely with agencies force to build a successful organization. AXA took a different route preferring to insult, humiliate & bully the agency force.