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Good Boss, Bad Boss
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Good Boss, Bad Boss

How to Be the Best...and Learn from the Worst

Business Plus, 2010 más...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Comprehensive
  • Analytical
  • Engaging

Recommendation

Numerous studies around the world during the past several decades drew similar conclusions, noting that “75% of the workforce reports that their immediate supervisor is the most stressful part of their job.” Professor of management Robert I. Sutton, the best-selling author of The No Asshole Rule, explores how good and bad bosses affect the workplace and what distinguishes one from the other. Sutton’s research is solid and his anecdotes are amusing, though he’s short on practical suggestions about how to handle a bad boss. As you might guess from the title of his last book, Sutton indulges in salty language and profanity, so be warned. With that caveat, getAbstract recommends his book to anyone who has – or is – a boss.

Take-Aways

  • Whether their employees love them or loathe them, bosses don’t contribute directly to the bottom line.
  • Good bosses meet performance goals without damaging their workforce's humanity.
  • Good bosses share credit with their employees and apologize when they err.

About the Author

Robert I. Sutton wrote the best-selling business books Weird Ideas that Work; Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense; and The No Asshole Rule.


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