Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best.And Learn from the Worst

Sutton, Robert I.

ISBN 10: 0446556084 / ISBN 13: 9780446556088

Published by Business Plus, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best.And Learn from the Worst
• Publisher: Business Plus
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446556084
• ISBN 13: 9780446556088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: like_new

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Synopsis

If you are a boss who wants to do great work, what can you do about it? Good Boss, Bad Boss is devoted to answering that question. Stanford Professor Robert Sutton weaves together the best psychological and management research with compelling stories and cases to reveal the mindset and moves of the best (and worst) bosses. This book was inspired by the deluge of emails, research, phone calls, and conversations that Dr. Sutton experienced after publishing his blockbuster bestseller The No Asshole Rule. He realized that most of these stories and studies swirled around a central figure in every workplace: THE BOSS. These heart-breaking, inspiring, and sometimes funny stories taught Sutton that most bosses - and their followers - wanted a lot more than just a jerk-free workplace. They aspired to become (or work for) an all-around great boss, somebody with the skill and grit to inspire superior work, commitment, and dignity among their charges. As Dr. Su

About the Author

Robert Sutton is Professor of Management Science and Engineering at the Stanford Engineering School. The No Asshole Rule was a New York Times bestseller and won a Quill Award as the Best Business Book of the Year in 2007.