Book description
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.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Managing Your Manager
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 THE BULLY Limit the Pain, Target the Gain
- CHAPTER 2 THE GOOD Coping with the Boredom
- CHAPTER 3 THE KALEIDOSCOPE Display Your Own Power Selectively and Strategically
- CHAPTER 4 THE STAR Enjoy the Ride
- CHAPTER 5 THE SCIENTIST Enjoy the Intellectual Challenges
- CHAPTER 6 THE NAVEL Challenge Your Own Values
- CHAPTER 7 SITUATIONAL MANAGEMENT Tailoring Your Boss Management to Events, Moods, and Other Matters
- CHAPTER 8 MANAGING OTHER TYPES OF BOSSES
- CHAPTER 9 THE SEVENTH LEADER
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Managing Your Manager: How to Get Ahead with Any Type of Boss
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2011
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9780071752367
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