| Winning with the Boss from Hell: A Guide to Life in the Trenches Contributor(s): Belding, Shaun (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550226320 ISBN-13: 9781550226324 Publisher: ECW Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: This job survival guide offers real-life strategies for dealing with the officious boss. Employees are introduced to the FIRST approach, which advocates flying below the radar, ignoring, retraining, standing one's ground, and talking turkey. Practical tactics are provided for dealing with a wide range of unique and nasty bosses, including "Coveting Your Butt 101, "Making Molehills out of Mountains," and "The Straw Man Strategy." These tips will help any employee deal with a difficult boss, whether ignorant, foul, selfish, loud, obnoxious, abrasive, incompetent, impatient, rude, incoherent, embarrassing, smelly, mean-spirited, sexist, or disrespectful, or any combination thereof. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Motivational |
| Dewey: 650.13 |
| LCCN: 2008357072 |
| Series: Winning with the ... from Hell Series |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.48" W x 8.1" (0.56 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Once minor details like eating, sleeping, commuting, and bathing are factored in, most people spend over half their adult lives at work. Now imagine spending that half of your life with a boss who is a combination of several of these wonderful traits: ignorant, foul, rude, selfish, loud, obnoxious, abrasive, incompetent, impatient, incoherent, embarrassing, harassing, blamestorming, indecisive, dirty, smelly, mean-spirited, sexist, wimpy, vindictive, unappreciative, crude, and disrespectful. And those are the good points.Winning with the Boss from Hell is a real-life survival guide with real-life strategies for dealing with that Very Special Person You Report To. |