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Bad Boss: What to Do if You Work for One, Manage One or Are One
In a tough or toxic work environment, are you brave enough to challenge your own thinking and shift your own perspective to make relationships work?
Bad Boss is for anyone who is in — or who is keen to avoid — a negative workplace environment characterised by ineffective leadership. Believe it or not, bad bosses are not bad people, and there are concrete steps you can take to improve your situation.
Inside, author Michelle Gibbings shares wisdom drawn from decades in corporate leadership. It takes teamwork at every level to create an environment where everyone can flourish. If you dare to examine your own role in your current situation and take action today, you stand to gain better relationships and greater career satisfaction.
Challenge the standard leadership practices and transform a tough situation to the benefit of all. Learn how
determine where the problem really lies identify your role in the bad boss situation strategise your best option forward take action using concrete tools reflect and monitor progress for long-term gain. Bad Boss will take the edge off your stressful work environment and provide you with key actionable steps to turn things around.
Bad Boss is for anyone who is in — or who is keen to avoid — a negative workplace environment characterised by ineffective leadership. Believe it or not, bad bosses are not bad people, and there are concrete steps you can take to improve your situation.
Inside, author Michelle Gibbings shares wisdom drawn from decades in corporate leadership. It takes teamwork at every level to create an environment where everyone can flourish. If you dare to examine your own role in your current situation and take action today, you stand to gain better relationships and greater career satisfaction.
Challenge the standard leadership practices and transform a tough situation to the benefit of all. Learn how
determine where the problem really lies identify your role in the bad boss situation strategise your best option forward take action using concrete tools reflect and monitor progress for long-term gain. Bad Boss will take the edge off your stressful work environment and provide you with key actionable steps to turn things around.
- GenresLeadership
218 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 11, 2020
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Michelle Gibbings
4 books5 followersMichelle Gibbings is bringing back the happy to workplace culture. The author of three books, and a global keynote speaker, she’s on a mission to help leaders, teams and organisations create successful workplaces -where people thrive and progress is accelerated.
www.michellegibbings.com
www.michellegibbings.com
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December 12, 2020
Summary:
A well structured, light read about leadership. The book looks at leadership through the lens of three perspectives: if you have a bad boss, if you manage a bad boss and if you yourself are a bad boss. Each section is worth reading though to build a more full picture of leadership and to give you different strategies and insights into workplace sections. There's lots of reflection activities and each section has actionable tools and advice on what to do given a specific leadership section. There's also a myriad of examples to help contextualise the theory behind the book. All in all, it's a solid leadership book, written in an engaging style and worth a read.
I would recommend this book to anyone who works with other people, particularly leaders.
The main message I took from this book is that through intentional action, a lot of difficult workplace situations can be avoided and improved.
Some notable points:
- People don't leave their job, they leave their boss.
- Eight myths of the modern workplace:
1. Leadership is a title.
2. Leading is one-size-fits-all approach.
3. Leaders are not needed in a flat organisational structure.
4. Leadership is an innate ability.
5. Leaders have no emotions.
6. Bad leadership is attributable to bad people.
7. Leadership needs are different for different ages.
8. Leaders, employees and bosses should love their job, no matter what.
- When you get to the point that your work is making you so unhappy that it's affecting your wellbeing, you need to consider 'voting yourself off the field'.
- A job isn't worth selling your soul or your values for, because once your integrity is gone it's hard to restore it.
- Before you check the effectiveness of the leaders reporting to you, reality check the effectiveness of your own leadership.
- People who make the best bosses have a genuine desire to make the life of those around them better.
- Your tone and behaviour set the standard for what's acceptable and unacceptable in your team, so it's important you know the truth about your management and leadership.
- When you start to think you're the smartest person in the room, you need to find another room.
- Purpose without supporting behaviours is meaningless.
A well structured, light read about leadership. The book looks at leadership through the lens of three perspectives: if you have a bad boss, if you manage a bad boss and if you yourself are a bad boss. Each section is worth reading though to build a more full picture of leadership and to give you different strategies and insights into workplace sections. There's lots of reflection activities and each section has actionable tools and advice on what to do given a specific leadership section. There's also a myriad of examples to help contextualise the theory behind the book. All in all, it's a solid leadership book, written in an engaging style and worth a read.
I would recommend this book to anyone who works with other people, particularly leaders.
The main message I took from this book is that through intentional action, a lot of difficult workplace situations can be avoided and improved.
Some notable points:
- People don't leave their job, they leave their boss.
- Eight myths of the modern workplace:
1. Leadership is a title.
2. Leading is one-size-fits-all approach.
3. Leaders are not needed in a flat organisational structure.
4. Leadership is an innate ability.
5. Leaders have no emotions.
6. Bad leadership is attributable to bad people.
7. Leadership needs are different for different ages.
8. Leaders, employees and bosses should love their job, no matter what.
- When you get to the point that your work is making you so unhappy that it's affecting your wellbeing, you need to consider 'voting yourself off the field'.
- A job isn't worth selling your soul or your values for, because once your integrity is gone it's hard to restore it.
- Before you check the effectiveness of the leaders reporting to you, reality check the effectiveness of your own leadership.
- People who make the best bosses have a genuine desire to make the life of those around them better.
- Your tone and behaviour set the standard for what's acceptable and unacceptable in your team, so it's important you know the truth about your management and leadership.
- When you start to think you're the smartest person in the room, you need to find another room.
- Purpose without supporting behaviours is meaningless.
October 5, 2020
Excellent book that is full of insights, real life stories and words of wisdom from an author who knows what they are talking about. The easy to follow step by step approach to assessing the situation, strategising the way forward, acting with purpose and reflecting provides practical guidance to all employees whether they are a boss or not and whether new to the job or a long-term employee. Working through the book is almost like having Michelle as your personal coach.
October 7, 2020
There are lots of leadership books on the market, and everyone has a bad boss story. What I liked about this book is that it brought those two elements together in a helpful way. It shared useful organisational and leadership data and research but kept it practical with tools and techniques you can implement. I also enjoyed the stories. All in all, a great book to read. Helpful and hopeful.
October 11, 2020
Bad Boss is one of those books that surprises you – in a good way. I was expecting it to be helpful, but also full of negative bad boss stories. Sure, it has a few. However, it was far more constructive and insightful – and shared stories that demonstrated how tough situations can be turned around. It is a super practical and helpful approach. I really enjoyed reading it.
March 5, 2021
Copied some things and put them up near my desk.
October 12, 2020
Almost 43 years into my career and I could relate to so many parts of this book, Michelle has written superbly and thoroughly enjoyed the read. I always considered that all leaders can manage but not all managers can lead. It doesn't matter where you are at in your career, this book reminds you of the human factor; the need for good, open and honest relationships that brings the best out of people and the best out of you.
Wayne Debernardi
Wayne Debernardi
October 7, 2020
There are lots of leadership books on the market, and everyone has a bad boss story. What I liked about this book is that it brought those two elements together in a helpful way. It shared useful organisational and leadership data and research but kept it practical with tools and techniques you can implement. I also enjoyed the stories. All in all, a great book to read. Helpful and hopeful.
September 28, 2022
من أهم كتبوالقسادة والادارة، بيعالج دوافع أي مدير في تصرفاته وكيفية التعامل مع الاخرين. سواء كنت مرؤوسا، أو مدير أو قائد الشركة.
بيساعدك تشوف الامور من منظور الاخرين بشكل عملي، ومليئ بنماذج الاستبيانات المساعدة على تقييم أداءك.
ده كتاب مرجعي مش حتقراه مرة واحدة، حتستخدمه كمرجع اداري.
بيساعدك تشوف الامور من منظور الاخرين بشكل عملي، ومليئ بنماذج الاستبيانات المساعدة على تقييم أداءك.
ده كتاب مرجعي مش حتقراه مرة واحدة، حتستخدمه كمرجع اداري.
July 25, 2021
Enjoyed it .. lots of food for thought
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