immediate boss is the most stressful part of the job. Lousy bosses can kill you—literally. A 2009 Swedish study tracking 3‚122 men for ten years found that those with bad bosses suffered 20 to 40 percent more heart attacks than those with good bosses.”(Sutton‚ 2010). According to Sutton (2010) whether you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or the chef at a restaurant‚ your success depends on staying in tune with the people you interact with most frequently and intensely. A good boss knows well
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BOSS/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP: 7 THINGS TO AVOID A big part of maintaining the Boss/Employee relationship is to never allow a boss to think you dislike your work. THAT’S NOT MY JOB You know what? Several bosses are simple souls who think your job is to do what’s asked of you. So even if you are assigned a task that is indeed‚ not your job‚ refrain from saying so. Instead‚ try to find out why your boss is assigning you this task-there may be a valid reason. If you believe that doing the
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managers to report to. It is one of the workplace realities. Thus‚ the relationship with the boss affects the overall work environment and how you feel about your job. It also can be the basis for staying in a job or not. In a situation presented in Case Study 1 a newly hired administrative assistant‚ Ellen Poppin‚ is threatened by a possibility of getting involved in an informal relationship with her boss. On the one hand‚ in most workplaces friendships between supervisors and subordinates are
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Hugo Chaves had a controversial reign as president of Venezuela. His plan was to remake Venezuela into a socialist state and direct oil wealth to social programs for the poor people in the country. He moved the government from a Neoliberal society to a democratic socialist society. He helped pay for programs with profits from the oil industry to improve education‚ literacy‚ food staples and housing. He was a beacon of hope for the poor people of Venezuela. By using money from oil reserves he was
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A boss is a person who knows well how to keep his subordinates happy and in harmony to get their best performance in order to get the job done .So‚ it is obvious that a supervisor must have the quality of good leader‚ matter-of-fact‚ intelligent‚ adroit‚ expert in his field ‚ good personality and a good sense of humor. He must be like a friend of his workers instead of being dictator. A boss must be a good leader who could bind his subordinates in a chain in order to get a good cooperative environment
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business leader. 1. Expecting employees to be clones Problems emerge when the boss places very high expectations on their staff to provide perfect service or put themselves on the line. Leaders become disappointed when employees don’t demonstrate the same level of commitment‚ enthusiasm and performance as they have themselves - but it’s safe to say most staff probably wouldn’t feel the same way about their job as the boss does. Failure‚ and for that matter simple indifference‚ is often regarded as
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The Martyr Boss The martyr boss has done‚ does‚ and always will do anything for the good of the company. He has worked Christmas Day‚ with pneumonia‚ in a snowstorm. He walked to and from work for 5 weeks after his car accident‚ with both legs broken. He stays every night until 8 pm without extra pay. How do you compete? You don’t. You listen. He’ll probably be there way past retirement‚ so it’s best to learn how to deal with him early on. 2. The Screamer Boss The screamer boss seems to think
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Analysis of “Managing Your Boss” This article emphasize on the importance of managing your boss. The authors initially stated what “Managing your boss” means‚ then they support their idea of managing your boss by giving the credible studies sources. They also gave a “sad but telling story” about how this person who got fired because of his poor management between him and his boss. After that‚ the authors further stress the importance of managing your boss by pointing out the mutual dependence
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“The grand destroyer of the world and the greatest thread is represented by the US imperialism”-Hugo Chavez 2007. Many people have to know Chavez by his great dislike of the United States of America. He took every opportunity he had to announce his great dislike for this nation. In one instance in 2006‚ as he was speaking in the U.N. General Assembly he said “Yesterday‚ the devil came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today‚ this table that I am now standing in front of
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Professional Services • Vladimir Martinenko • Sign out › Magazine May 2011 Subscribe or activate your subscription to read the full article • Buy Reprint • Idea in Brief HBR.org > May 2011 HBR Case Study: Challenge the Boss or Stand Down? by W. Earl Sasser A rising-star executive calculates his response to a hypercritical superior. HBR’s fictionalized case studies present dilemmas faced by leaders in real companies and offer solutions from experts. This one is based
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