Managing Your Manager: How to Get Ahead with Any Type of Boss - Softcover

Dufour, Gonzague

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071751939 ISBN 13: 9780071751933

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2011

Synopsis

Learn Everything You Can From Every Type of Boss

Managers come in all varieties, and unfortunately you don't get to choose your preference. Too often, we find ourselves working for people who are tough to work for, difficult to "decode," or brilliant but inaccessible. Managing Your Manager is the answer to dealing with a problematic supervisor.

Placing manager "types" into real-world categories--from the Bully, Scientist, and Star to the Geek, Parent, and Con Artist--it provides everything you need to make your work life more satisfying and productive. Managing Your Manager gives you the tools to:

• Categorize your boss based on telling traits
• Create a solid working relationship
• Avoid common pitfalls associated with certain types
• Become a strong leader based on lessons learned from various bosses

Managers of all types can provide invaluable learning experiences that can enhance your career. Managing Your Manager empowers you with the knowledge, skills, and savvy for dealing with any type of boss and excelling in your job.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Gonzague Dufour is a human resources executive who has held senior positions with top companies such as Phillip Morris, Kraft, Jacobs Suchard, and other large consulting firms.

From the Author:

As an HR professional I met, interviewed and worked with many different types of Bosses.One day facing a tough, unfair and rough situation the question came to my mind , "why not to tell the story"" why not sharing with other people my learnings" ?An other day somebody a bit stressed and desperate shared with me the problem she had dealing with her Boss.Finally I was assigned abroad for one year with limited time spent back home, that was the opportunity and I started to put all of this down on paper, nights and week ends.Here it is, I learned working under the Bully's pushy attitude, I enjoyed working with the Star, I painfully survived the "Navel's ego" and dreamed about the 7th Leader who I met in few occasions.I wanted to share and help people to "enjoy the ride" with any type of Boss except... the "little tyrant"

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071751939
• ISBN 13: 9780071751933
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256