Monster Boss: Strategies for Surviving and Excelling When Your Boss is a Nightmare

Patricia King

Aug 2008 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Every day, problem bosses rob employees of job satisfaction, motivation, career advancement - and, at their most dastardly - physical and emotional health. But it doesn’t have to be that way. This book shows employees how to improve their situation, save their sanity, and, when necessary, fight back. They also learn how to change undesirable situations and when the only option is to move on.
This informative guide offers solutions to every type of Monster Boss:

• the blood-sucking boss who extracts as much work as possible from his employees with no regard to their limit
• the split-personality boss who constantly changes priorities or rethinks decisions that have already been made
• the evasive boss who leaves her employees without goals, guidance, or leadership, but magically resurfaces when it's time to accept praise for their work
• and many others

This book will also include updates on "bad boss" behavior that has become recently topical - including executive crime, verbal abuse, and harassment.

About the author

Patricia King is the author of Never Work for a Jerk, which landed her on the Oprah Winfrey show and remained in-print for twelve years. From 1974 until 1996, she was the founder and President of Patricia King Associates, Inc. She has worked with all levels of management. She is now the General Manager of Clark Mackain, a direct marketing company in New York City.