Surrounded by Bad Bosses (And Lazy Employees)

Written with Erikson's signature humour and warmth,Surrounded by Bad Bosses (And Lazy Employees)will help you deal with the most hopeless managers and employees you can imagine-and keep you entertained along the way.

Autorentext

Thomas Erikson is a Swedish behavioral expert, active lecturer, and bestselling author. For more than twenty years he has been traveling all over Europe delivering lectures and seminars to executives and managers at a wide range of companies, including IKEA, Coca Cola, Microsoft, and Volvo.

Surrounded by Idiots has been a Swedish runaway bestseller since it was first published in 2014. It has sold over 3 million copies worldwide and been translated into 42 languages.

Klappentext

Part of the bestselling Surrounded by Idiots series!
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Internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson has helped changed how the world thinks about behavior using a simple 4-color behavior analysis system. In Surrounded by Bad Bosses he applies that same system to revolutionize the workplace.**

Everyone has had a bad boss. You might have one right now. You might even be one. Bad bosses are a fact of the workplace, whether they're short-tempered, unclear about expectations, or too disorganized to manage so much as a stapler. But how do you not only survive a difficult boss, but help your career thrive despite them?

By identifying your boss's behavior profile you'll be better able to interact with them no matter what the situation. Erikson offers example stories and concrete steps to help you thrive in any work situation.

Of course, much as we love to blame our bosses, sometimes management isn't the problem at all. For every bad boss there is also a lazy employee, so Erikson also looks at the issue from a completely different perspective-employees themselves- and explores why some colleagues frequently underachieve, and what you can do to change this if you're the boss.

Written with Erikson's signature humor and warmth, Surrounded by Bad Bosses (And Lazy Employees) will help you deal with the most hopeless managers and employees you can imagine-and keep you entertained along the way.

Inhalt

Contents:
Introduction
PART 1 - SURROUNDED BY BAD BOSSES

1. Really bad leadership - and its appalling consequences
   

   2. Why you should choose your boss, instead of your employer
   
   
   3. Leadership is a process of communication
   
   
   4. How to understand and predict your boss's behavior
   
   
   5. The most common color combinations and how to recognize them
   
   
   6. Why you sometimes feel stressed at work
   
   
   7. Why you definitely want a red boss
   
   
   8. Why you should hope for a yellow boss
   
   
   9. Why a green boss is the best option
   
   
   10. Why a blue boss is the ultimate solution
   
   
   11. Why we do what we do: what the colors don't show
   
   
   12. The author's profile and what you can learn from it
   
   
   13. Distinguishing between colors and driving forces
   
   
   14. The difference between your personality and your behavior
   
   
   15. How to adapt effectively to your boss's color
   
   
   16. The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: When colors and driving forces aren't enough
   
   
   17. Surrounded by superfluous bosses

   PART 2 - SURROUNDED BY LAZY EMPLOYEES

   18. Why it's so hard for your staff to get the job done
   
   
   19. How to 'read' your staffs' colors
   
   
   20. Whip or carrot - how to motivate your staff
   
   
   21. Leader - or specialist? Your job as a boss
   
   
   22. If you're an efficient red boss
   
   
   23. If you're an inspiring yellow boss
   
   
   24. If you're a caring green boss
   
   
   25. If you're an analytic and objective blue boss
   
   
   26. The best way to put a team together
   
   
   27. Helping your team become active participants
   
   
   28. When everyone agrees but still doesn't do anything...
   
   
   29. Where the real slackers come from
   
   
   30. Feedback... the hardest part
   
   
   31. Why 'why' is the most important question
   
   Resources