Archive for August, 2009

Tagging: The Only Risk-Free Way to Really Get Back at a Bad Boss

Until now, the only risk-free way to get back at a bad boss is to quit your job.  This will inflict little or no pain on your bad boss and, in this terrible economy; it’s simply not a viable option because jobs are so scarce.  That’s why Harry Paul and I developed our Anonymous Bad [...]

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How to Anonymously Tell a Bad Boss That He or She Sucks

As many of you know, Harry Paul and I have written a new book called, Instant Turnaround! which provides detailed instructions on how any Bad Boss can become a Great Boss literally overnight. All you have to do is visit our BossTrenz website (click here to go), and “tag” your Bad Boss by purchasing a copy of [...]

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The Bad Boss Tagging Program is Working Wonders!

A number of Bad Bosses have already been Tagged.  One Bad Boss who was Tagged has already stepped down from his managerial position and has accepted a non-supervisory position where he is much happier.  In his old department everyone is relieved and extremely happy.  One of the Bad Boss’s former employees remarked on the [...]

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Help Spread the Word About the War on Bad Bosses

The War on Bad Bosses is a grass roots campaign that will turn businesses, as we know them, upside down and make them the the kind of workplaces that everyone looks forward to going to every day.  There are a number of things that you can do to spread the word.

Tell everyone you know about our War [...]

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Winning the War on Bad Bosses Starts with Adopting a Zero Tolerance Policy

A Bad Boss is anyone who manages people in ways that do not bring out their best.  If we are going to band together and rid the world of Bad Bosses, we must first adopt the following Zero Tolerance policy for Bad Bosses at all Levels:

Zero tolerance for bad bosses who make the lives of the people who work [...]

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The High Cost of a Bad Boss

It has been estimated that the cost of employee turnover in America is 1.7 trillion dollars annually.  That’s a huge drain on American businesses.  Studies have also shown that the biggest single reason people quit their jobs is the behavior of their immediate boss–they were either abusive, didn’t care about them, didn’t listen, didn’t notice or appreciate what [...]

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The Biggest Obstacle in Transforming a Bad Boss Into A Great Boss

The biggest problem we face in the War on Bad Bosses is that most Bad Bosses think they’re doing  a pretty good job.  I asked one person, who I knew was a pretty Bad Boss–he was very prone to yelling at his employees–to read a copy of Instant Turnaround! This book will show any Bad Boss [...]

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If You Treat Your Employees Well, They’ll See to it Thay You’ll Become a Great Boss

Numerous studies have shown that when employees feel they’re being treated well, all sorts of business performance indicators improve.  When employees feel they’re being treated well, they’re more productive, provide better customer service, are more willing to sieze the initiative, get along better with fellow employees and have far lower rates of absenteeism, turnover and theft.  [...]

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Putting Down an Employee’s Idea Will Cost You

When an employee puts forth an idea, his or her ego is connected to it.  Consequently, if you their boss, put down or attack their idea, you bruise their ego and they become defensive and unproductive.  Now that employee is working against you instead of with you.  So, the next time someone presents an idea to you–even if you don’t agree with [...]

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Bad Bosses Can Learn a Lot From Successful Coaches

One of the things that highly successful athletic coaches have in common is that they are able to keep people and problems separate.  These coaches are very demanding when it comes to performance, but they treat their players with kindness, dignity and respect.  As a result, their players love them to death because they know their coach is looking [...]

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