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She
Took Everything But the Blame : The Bad Boss is Back
Library Administration &
Management V. 16 (3) pp 156–158 2002
If your boss is a bad manager
…
You're not alone if you
think your manager doesn't have a clue.
http://home.techies.com/Common/Content/2001/01/4career_lousymanagers.html
When Good People Meet Bad
Management - Part 1
Jill Hamlyn
In a world of good and bad,
a poor manager can prove
to be an extremely destructive
force.
http://tinyurl.com/i3cn
Dealing with bad managers
- Part 2
Jill Hamlyn
Coming face to face with
a bad manager means certain
steps must be taken to ensure
your career and reputation remain afloat.
http://tinyurl.com/i3ch
Bad Bosses and How to Handle
Them
By BARBARA MOSES
Globe & Mail |
May 6, 2002
http://www.bbmcareerdev.com/bad_bosses.html
Andrea Kay / Writer &
Career Expert
http://www.andreakay.com/index.htm
Ask Andrea
Handling bad bosses
http://www.andreakay.com/bosses/art_9008.htm
Posted on: 05/11/2000
Dealing with a difficult
boss
Mark D. Hansen
Here are three ways to cope
with the conflict.
http://tinyurl.com/i398
How to Handle a Bad Boss
http://www.wvah.com/newsroom/money/021118.shtml
Excerpt quoted from article:
Have you ever had a bad
boss? If you're having a tough
time dealing with your supervisor,
you may feel like
walking out. That may not
be the smartest option,
especially if you have bills
to pay. However, you
don't have to just sit back
and take the abuse. Career
counselor Teresa Daly says
there are some ways to
hopefully improve the problem:
http://www.wvah.com/newsroom/money/021118.shtml
Dealing With Bad, Ineffective
ManagersGuide picks
Excerpt quoted from about.com
site
Can't stand your job
because of your bad boss? Bad
and ineffective managers
exist in every organization.
The worst managers fail
to trust employees, don't
respect employees, and intimidate
employees. Find out
how to understand and deal
with bad managers and
bosses here.
http://humanresources.about.com/cs/badmanagerboss/
What to Do about Bad Bosses
http://www.fabjob.com/tips6.html
So Few Good Bosses, So Many
Frustrated Employees
by Gordon Miller
http://www.jobs.net/resources/candidates/general_articles/few_good_bosses.html
Good or Bad Bosses Make Good
or Bad Employees
Tom Culley - Small Business
Columnist
Excerpt quoted from online
article:
http://www.tailwind.com/db/k.asp?hid=90&aid=2973
-- People still work in
exchange for only one
commodity: money. That's
still what makes the world go
round. Pay employees less
than they think they deserve
or can get elsewhere; they
will work grudgingly and
the good ones will jump
ship. Pay them better than
their outside options; they
will work willingly and
the good ones will hang
around. Even the hottest
incentive, employee stock
options, are simply a
dangling carrot of future
money.
-- People still care more
about their personal lives,
homes and families than
about their employers'
priorities--and always will.
If employers make honest,
sensible efforts to ease
the natural conflicts between
work life and personal life,
employees (at least the
smart ones) will appreciate
it. Show by indifference
that you don't give a damn,
and they won't either.
-- People are still people.
Treat them badly in their
jobs and they will treat
their jobs badly. Treat them
fairly and the good ones
will reciprocate. Yes, of
course, bad dudes will still
be bad dudes; you can't
change the rotten ones with
sweetness and seminars.
Firing them will solve your
problem; you operate a
business, not a personality
transformation ward.
Read complete article
http://www.tailwind.com/db/k.asp?hid=90&aid=2973
Bad communicator, bad boss
(generally)
SmallTech / Monte Enbysk
http://www.bcentral.com/articles/enbysk/149.asp
Article includes 7 basic
communication tips, for managers and bosses
Ten Things That Bad Managers
Do
by Cyndi Maxey, CSP
http://www.cyndimaxey.com/articles/tenbad.htm
"People cannot be managed.
Inventories can be managed but people must be led."
Ross Perot, founder, EDS
Corporation
Excerpt quoted from article
online:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/business/features/bosses/badmanager.shtml
Bad managers make a habit
of blaming others for their
mistakes. Just as good managers
are happy to share
credit, bad managers are
eager to pinpoint blame
either by scapegoating a
colleague or by
disassociating themselves
from a poor decision or
outcome.
Many bad managers have problems
being honest with
colleagues and customers,
papering over inadequacies
with broken promises about
how things will improve.
This trait is often the
consequence of poor management
training because people
have not been encouraged to
acquire or learn the necessary
skills to lead and
inspire others.
Instead of thinking of the
greater good of the
business and how colleagues
can be encouraged to help
achieve this, bad managers
can focus obsessively on
one small measure of success
to the exclusion of all
others.
Read complete article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/business/features/bosses/badmanager.shtml
Bad Bosses Become Bad References
http://www.employment911.com/asp/bad.asp
Bad Bosses Are Flourishing
in the Economic Downturn
By Marshall Loeb
Knight Ridder News Service
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Apr/04212003/Monday/49750.asp
Bad Bosses Are Bad for Business
A new study says U.S. workers
are unhappy--and why
employers should care.
From: Forbes.com | January
2003 By: Joanne Gordon
http://www.inc.com/articles/hr/manage_emp/motivate_emp/25132.html
Why Do Talented Employees
Leave Companies, often despite good salaries?
When Bad Bosses Happen To
Good People
http://fecolumnists.expressindia.com/full_column.php?content_id=21825
Bad Bosses, Beware
Your subordinates may be
planning sneaky ways toretaliate
By Jennifer Thomas
HealthScoutNews Reporter
http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/510961.html
Bad Bosses Do Make Your Blood
Boil
THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDayNews)
-- Got high blood
pressure? You could blame
it on your boss.
http://www.myhealthyhorizon.com/article/hscoutn/103478225
Bad Bosses Can Kill You
Health24
http://xtramsn.co.nz/health/0,,8072-2517857,00.html
Related see: Library Link
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Library and Information
Management Online
Volume 4, Issue 5, 1999
Excerpt quoted from
website:
Stress in the library
Stress is an issue of major
concern to employers and employees today. It can affect relationships in
the workplace – and in the home. Causes can include balancing roles as
a parent and in a career, a continuing process of change exacerbated by
the rapid developments in information technology including e-mail and the
mobile phone, a reducing security about employment – and, perhaps, the
frustrations of using customer care services … The list can be long, and
different individuals have their own triggers for stress, and react in
different ways.
Read remainder of editorial
and access pdf articles
http://fidelio.emeraldinsight.com/
Related:
Bibliography
Workplace Bulying Conference
2000 Presentation
INJUSTICE, STRESS, AND BULLYING
CAN BE EXPENSIVE!
Joel H. Neuman, Ph.D.
State University of New
York at New Paltz
References
http://bullyinginstitute.org/home/twd/bb/res/neuman6.html
BOOK SUGGESTIONS
Jerks
at Work: How to Deal with People Problems and Problem People
Ken Lloyd, Kenneth L.
Lloyd
ISBN: 1564143961 | Publisher:
Career Press, Incorporated | 1999
Jerks at Work takes real
questions and answers from Ken Lloyd's column and highlights a wide range
of on-the-job situations along with practical suggestions and insights
you can put to use right away in your workplace, including how to deal
with:
* Mismanagement
by new managers and supervisors.
*
Problems with co-workers or employees.
*
Communication breakdowns, rumors, and counterproductive meetings.
*
Inappropriate feedback, interviews, and training.
*
Disturbing work environments.
*
Ill-conceived rewards, incentives, and benefits.
*
Family problems in family businesses.
The hundreds of examples
in Jerks at Work will answer your questions or point you in the right direction
to find a solution. We have all worked with jerks; now we can learn the
best ways to deal with them and build stronger working relationships.
Power
Freaks: Dealing with Them in the WorkPlace or Anyplace
David L. Weiner, Robert
E. Lefton
ISBN: 1591020131 | 2002
Synopsis
Weiner, the author of
previous books on popular psychology, categorizes different types of power
freaks, from the arrogant and obsessed to the messianic and psychopathic,
and explains why they act as they do and how to cope with them. He traces
the power drive back to our prehistoric ancestors, then shows how to recognize
these potentially destructive people in everyday life and deal with them
within the context of corporate culture. Weiner is on the external board
of advisors of the Health Emotions Research Institute of the University
of Wisconsin. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
From The Critics
Publisher's Weekly
So many offices have
a boss who seems to find pleasure in humiliating workers or a manipulating
employee who sabotages coworkers behind their backs. These kinds of people
come in many disguises (there's the business psychopath, the perfectionist,
etc.) and can make working difficult and frustrating. Psychology writer
David L. Wiener has penned Power Freaks: Dealing with Them in the Workplace
or Anyplace, an analysis of why people act this way, how to recognize them
and how to develop a strategy for getting along with them. He also includes
a quiz to help readers assess their own instinctual drive for power. (Sept.)
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
The
Bully at Work: What You Can Do to Stop the Hurt and Reclaim Your Dignity
on the Job
Gary Namie, Ruth Namie
ISBN: 1570715343
| 2000
From the Publisher
Those being bullied
at work feel more than merely overworked and underappreciated. The fear,
shame, humiliation and loss of dignity that originate at work can creep
into every other aspect of their lives. Bullying is about Work Trauma!
At last, there is a way to stop the hurt...and stop the bully.
Gary and Ruth Namie,
pioneers of the Campaign Against Workplace Bullying, teach you personal
strategies to identify allies, build your confidence, and stand up to your
tormentor -- or decide when to walk away with your sanity and dignity intact.
Sometimes Humor works wonders
when dealing with workplace issues & situations:
Dilbert often see
things the same way "we" do, see how he copes
Cartoons & Books: "Dilbert"
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/
Library humor links
libhumor.html
See my resources for relaxation
techniques and coping with stress
relaxsites.html
