This book provides valuable insight and practical tips through case studies and examples based on real life experiences of middle and senior managers. While endless material (books, training workshops, seminars and studies) is churned out on leaderships skills, followership, the art of working effectively and harmoniously with superiors is underestimated. Valuable time and energy are spent (at the office water-cooler or family dinner-table) in crying, "Why can't my boss be like me/like my ex-boss -- more appreciative; more enterprising more considerate; more communicative; less rigid..."
I had a laugh throughout while reading this book! A friend actually gifted me this 2 years back when I had a very challenging manager, but I am so glad I read it because this book gave a glimpse into: - problems Indian employees deal with in the workplace - different types of bosses and their management styles - prompts to react to your boss in a much more effective way and adopting the philosophy of "not being able to change your boss, but changing oneself for the better - and accepting the person that you become in the process."
It was nice, and was written from an HR/ life coach's lens