This is the ultimate employee survival guide! It tells you exactly how to deal with every type of bad boss on the planet. Once you know the type, you can handle any situation thrown at you. Got a bad boss made of multiple types? This book tells you how to handle all the combinations. Got a bad boss who wants to be bad and knows how to get away with it? Find out how to survive and, even more helpful, find out what not to do. You’ll even learn how to spot a bad boss during an interview when you search for your next job.You’ll find easy-to-read, practical, tested advice in this book?not theory, opinion or second-hand information. Marilyn Haight, a behavioral scientist, conducted a five-year undercover research study, working as an employee without letting the employing organizations know who she was. She found out, first-hand, what works and what doesn’t. She’s packed all that information into this book so you won?t become the next victim of a bad boss.
"...Marilyn Haight identifies 13 common bad boss types, and offers advice on how to cope with them. She also saves you some wasted effort by explaining what definitely doesn't work with each of those personality types. While the book would be useful to workers of all ages, it is especially helpful for those new to the workplace, who haven't mastered the basics of office politics." --The Washington Post, November 27, 2005 Mary Ellen Slayter