A Survival Guide for Working With Bad Bosses: Dealing With Bullies, Idiots, Back-stabbers, And Other Managers from Hell

Being saddled with a terrible supervisor can turn even the best job into a nightmare. Unfortunately, not every boss is the great symbol of managerial perfection one would hope for. In fact, more people than not consider themselves stuck with a "bad boss." But short of remaining miserable or quitting a job, what can be done about it? A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses provides readers with savvy, practical advice for coping with managers and supervisors who are mean, incompetent, unethical, and worse. The book includes powerful strategies for not only working with -- but thriving under -- such bad boss types as: * The Great Betrayers -- how to defend yourself against a corporate backstabber * The Know-Nothing Bosses -- what to do when a boss is clueless * The Bad Communicators -- how to respond when a boss is consistently unclear Whether a boss is high-strung, incompetent, or a power-mad tyrant, this book has the solution.

• How to Work for an Idiot, Revised and Expanded with More Idiots, More Insanity, and More Incompetency: Survive and Thrive Without Killing Your Boss
• Working With You is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work
• How to Lead When Your Boss Can't (or Won't)
• Coping with Toxic Managers, Subordinates and Other Difficult People: Using Emotional Intelligence to Survive and Prosper
• Working with Difficult People, Second Revised Edition: Handling the Ten Types of Problem People Without Losing Your Mind
• Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best... and Learn from the Worst
• My Boss is a Jerk: How to Survive & Thrive in a Difficult Work Environment under the Control of a Bad Boss
• The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
• Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job
• Dick Boss: How to Fight Back When Your Boss Is a Bully But You Want to Keep Your Job (With Latest Bullying Research)