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My Boss Is Driving Me Crazy! (Part 1 of 2)
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
You’ve inherited a boss that is making your life miserable. This person has become bigger than life, a five-headed monster that plagues you with recurring nightmares.
But quitting is the last thing you want to do for a few practical reasons. You like your job and you’ve been with the company for 15 years. When you were hired, it was a tiny IT startup company that many industry people thought would be swallowed up and disappear. But that never happened. It lasted because it had great management and hard-working loyal employees like yourself who stuck around and helped build it to what it is today.
You were an obnoxious geek when you were hired, now you’re a project manager who commands some hard-earned respect. Understandably, the last thing you want to do is change jobs and start building relationships all over again.
Unfortunately, there are no pat or guaranteed strategies that can right the situation. In the first part of this two-part story, we offer three strategies. And in the second part, we’ll outline the remaining two. It’s up to you to choose the one likely to lead to positive results.
1. Tune out your boss. It doesn’t always work, but it’s worth a try. Tuning out your boss involves focusing only on your work. It means putting personalities aside, and focus on what you are being paid to do…
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