Taming the abrasive manager : how to end unnecessary roughness in the workplace / Laura Crawshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawshaw, Laura, 1953-

Series:

Jossey-Bass business & management series.

The Jossey-Bass business & management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Managing your boss.

Organizational behavior.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2007?]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Taming the Abrasive Manager is an ideal resource for managers, human resource professionals, coaches, and anyone who works for or with an abrasive boss. Executive coach Dr. Laura Crawshaw- known as the "Boss Whisperer" for her work in this field-shares her discoveries on how to tame the deep fears that drive abrasive managers to attack their coworkers. In her straight-shooting style, Crawshaw offers invaluable insights gained from her encounters with abrasive bosses in corporate jungles who aggressively defend against threats to their dominance in the high-risk business of survival. The

Contents:

Abrasive bosses and the working wounded

Boss whispering

Abrasive boss behavior : what they do

Bears, bosses, and business : survival through dominance

On the origins of abrasion : why they do it

Blinder than bats : why they don't see

Why we don't take bulls (or bosses) by the horns

Can bosses change their (blind) spots?

Blinders off : how management can make them see

Limits on : how management can make them care

Risky business : taming the boss you work for or with

The choice to change : will the horse drink?

Ending unnecessary roughness : preventing workplace abrasion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index.

ISBN:

9786610973729

9781119836421

1119836425

9781280973727

1280973722

9780787997373

0787997374

OCLC:

476106274