A guide for US government employees for the next 4 years, the CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Some more ideas:
- Give a condescending lecture about their work but focus on irrelevant things.
- If someone seeks mentorship for what they need to do to position themselves for career improvements, give wishy-washy responses that give the overall impression that you want to set up as many outs to deny the promotion as possible.
- Give them a task about something that is completely new to them and demand results by the end of the week.
- Continue pursuing projects even after their useful parts have been determined unfeasible.