If you’re tired of doing everything “because they can’t,” here's how to name the pattern, protect your energy, and reclaim collaboration.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weaponized incompetence has long been a problem for women in the workforce and at home. Now there's just a word for it.

Weaponized incompetence is when someone deliberately performs a task poorly to avoid doing it again. It happens in relationships, but it can also happen in the workplace. Here's how to address ...

Most people have worked with someone who makes projects harder than they need to be. If you’ve ever felt frustrated by missed deadlines or repeated mistakes, you’re not alone. Spotting incompetence ...

Training a new (or existing) coworker can be difficult, but one of the most important parts of training is getting the person to do it themselves. This TikToker acted out a call where the employee is ...

Mila had been dating her boyfriend for a year when she got pregnant. They had been keen to have a child together, but shifting into "nesting mode" gave Mila fresh eyes. Her boyfriend would constantly ...

Whether it's a lack of motivation, compensation, appreciation, or energy, incompetence often affects everyone on a professional team. If one person isn't pulling their weight, is constantly ...

How do the language learners’ perceptions of competence or incompetence impact their engagement in a digital storytelling project? In a chapter of the new work, The Politics of Incompetence: Learning ...

The president’s spectacular ineptitude frequently winds up benefiting those in power. Eric Trump, Donald J. Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. pictured at Donald J. Trump Rally at South Point Resort & Casino ...

Violence is a form of social incompetence, in that it usually fails to achieve its goals, sometimes inflicts more damage on the victim than was intended, and often brings about serious negative ...