If there’s one person to keep happy at work [other than yourself], it’s your boss. When they’re not happy, though, it can be difficult to stay on their good side.
So when faced with a grumpy boss, try not to give in to a negative workspace and attempt to change the situation for the better.
Brad Isaac suggests 5 ways to do so, the last being Stay Away if the… » Continue
October 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: boss, workplace | 1 comment»
Building on a similar topic discussed here at Lifehack.org is this WikiHow of how to be a good boss.
It’s easy to hate a bad boss, but I always secretly feel sorry for some of them that just seem unable to grasp what they should be doing to get the best out of their employees. Because, as this article states, if you’re not a a good boss, you make… » Continue
June 11 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: boss, workplace | no comments»
The Nightmare Boss
“Nightmare bosses” can take on many forms, but 6 major categories come to mind: the Demanding Boss, the Bully Boss, and the Disorganized Boss, the Clueless Boss, the Know-It-All Boss, and the Poor-Communicator Boss. I’m sure there are others and often several of these traits can be found in your boss. A bad boss can have advantages if you use the situation as an opportunity rather… » Continue
June 5 2007 | By K. | Tagged: boss, career, difficult, goals, people, success | 4 comments»
Think you’ve got it bad at work? Your boss might have more to complain about than you. Where you may have one person to direct all your angst to, your boss has many.
For the benefit of a healthier work environment, here are some reasons why you might be the source of strife.
1. Lateness
2. Lack of initiative
“Don’t ask me if you should buy lunch for the client, if the client is… » Continue
April 3 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: boss, relationships, workplace | 7 comments»
Trust in other people is one of the foundations for creating a civilized working environment. Many managers are overworked primarily because of a lack of trust. They take on too much themselves, because they don’t trust their subordinates to do the work properly. They cannot allocate enough time to their own work, because they don’t believe people will put in the required time without constant supervision. They attend pointless meetings… » Continue
July 31 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: attitude, behavior, boss, burnout, business, businesslife, civilized-work, control, corporate-culture, delegation, discontentment, fear, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, Management, manager, micro-management, office-politics, organization, respect, team, teamwork, timemanagement, trust, work, work-life, work/life-balance, working, worklife | 1 comment»
How does your workplace view the notion of you surfing the web from your desk? Based on some recent developments, including a recent ruling by a judge in a wrongful termination suit, you might find things changing sooner than later. Shel Holtz, corporate communications superhero, says:
From the unlikeliest of places, a challenge has been mounted to the knee-jerk management belief that workplace Internet surfing represents a dire productivity… » Continue
April 26 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: boss, web, work, work-life | 4 comments»
Chetan Dhruve has published a ChangeThis Manifesto called Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator, which suggests a idea on putting voting system for choosing leaders by subordinates. He describes some examples of why elected person is a leader but appointment of the management job will lead managers to be dictators:
… When you get a new boss, you’re simply told, “Bob will be your manager”. Bob now… » Continue
November 12 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: boss, business, Management | 2 comments»
Speed is everywhere. Fast cars, high-speed Internet connections, fast food, quickie divorces, “The One-Minute Manager.” Is faster always better? I doubt it, especially when you’re dealing with people. We may want to get our burger quickly, but who wants only a few moments of someone’s attention? » Continue
October 24 2005 | By Adrian | Tagged: boss, delegation, leadership, Lifestyle, Management, organization, Productivity, relationship, speed, work-life | 1 comment»
There is a post recently which Jory Des Jardins talks about her stories and experiences on bad bosses. How bosses behave is directly affecting employees productivity and behaviour. Those bad bosses probably have no sympathy towards people feeling and does not treat employees as the most important capital in the company. They probably don’t want their boss to treat them like that - they shouldn’t do the same thing:
… I… » Continue
October 2 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: boss, Management | 1 comment»
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