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Is This the Section You’ve Been Waiting For?

Is this where you’ll discover a magic potion to transform your malicious manager or snarky supervisor into a peaceful pussycat? Or turn an adversarial coworker into an ally? Naturally you’d like to make your boss a benevolent leader who gives you the respect and recognition you deserve. And make all those backstabbing, gossiping, whining deadweights and drama queens into folks who are a joy to work with. How I wish I had a magic wand to do that, but nobody can change a tiger’s stripes. What I can do, however, is give you some shields to fend off the attacks and share insights into your plight to ease the pain. The coping techniques we’ll talk about will, in time, effect permanent changes for the ...

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