15 is too much. I think "The Three Signs of a Miserable Job" are easier to remember. One of my mentors recommended this book to me recently. I've observed precursors of these from time to time personally. Beware. Remember conscious incompetence.
* Anonymity - "the feeling that employees get when they realize that their manager has little interest in them a human being and that they know little about their lives, their aspirations and their interests."
* Irrelevance - "which takes root when employees cannot see how their job makes a difference in the lives of others. Every employee needs to know that the work they do impacts someone’s life--a customer, a co-worker, even a supervisor--in one way or another."
* Immeasurement - "the inability of employees to assess for themselves their contribution or success. Employees who have no means of measuring how well they are doing on a given day or in a given week, must rely on the subjective opinions of others, usually their managers’, to gauge their progress or contribution."
* Anonymity - "the feeling that employees get when they realize that their manager has little interest in them a human being and that they know little about their lives, their aspirations and their interests."
* Irrelevance - "which takes root when employees cannot see how their job makes a difference in the lives of others. Every employee needs to know that the work they do impacts someone’s life--a customer, a co-worker, even a supervisor--in one way or another."
* Immeasurement - "the inability of employees to assess for themselves their contribution or success. Employees who have no means of measuring how well they are doing on a given day or in a given week, must rely on the subjective opinions of others, usually their managers’, to gauge their progress or contribution."
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Signs-Miserable-Job-Employees/dp...