‘Columns’ Archives
Boss’s Tip of the Week #6: Innovation: How to get creative in tough times
Here is the 6th installment of the Boss’s Tip of the Week. This advice column for managers is brought to you by Bob Rosner and Allan Halcrow, co-authors of The Boss’s Survival Guide. Chico Marx, of the famous Marx Brothers comedy team, was once asked if he loved his brother, Harpo. “No, but I’m used to him,” he replied. Does that [...]
Boss’s Tip of the Week #5: Keep Employees in the Loop: How to fill the information vacuum
Here is the fifth installment of the Boss’s Tip of the Week. This advice column for managers is brought to you by Bob Rosner and Allan Halcrow, co-authors of The Boss’s Survival Guide. The flight was scheduled to leave at 8:20. The sign at the ticket counter shows that the flight is on time, but it’s now 9:10 and the flight hasn’t even [...]
Boss’s Tip of the Week #4: Informal Recognition: How to keep people motivated
Here is the fourth installment of the Boss’s Tip of the Week. This advice column for managers is brought to you by Bob Rosner and Allan Halcrow, co-authors of The Boss’s Survival Guide. It starts with the gold star on a kindergarten drawing. As we grow older, there are Twinkies® passed between friends at recess, notes written in yearbooks, [...]
Coping with a toxic boss: “BASHIA THE BACK STABBER”
By Linnda Durre, Ph.D., Author of Surviving the Toxic Workplace – Protect Yourself Against Co-workers Bosses and Work Environments That Poison Your Day to be published by McGraw Hill, February 19, 2010 As a business and corporate consultant, I’ve analyzed and worked with many difficult bosses over the years. In order to cope and deal with [...]
Boss’s Tip of the Week #3: Alternatives to Layoffs: How to keep top talent (and still cut costs)
Here is the third installment of the Boss’s Tip of the Week. This advice column for managers is brought to you by Bob Rosner and Allan Halcrow, co-authors of The Boss’s Survival Guide. The economy is precarious, budgets are tight, and companies are still dumping their most valuable assets faster than TV networks dump shows that struggle in [...]
Coping with a toxic boss – “DICK THE DICTATOR”
eBossWatch is delighted to welcome Linnda Durré, Ph.D. as the guest blogger of a new twice-monthly advice column to help people cope with toxic bosses. Linnda Durré, Ph.D. is Author of Surviving the Toxic Workplace: Protect Yourself Against Co-Workers, Bosses, and Work Environments That Poison Your Day, McGraw-Hill, 02/19/10 As a business [...]
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