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Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job |  | Author: Lynn Taylor
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 118,302
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0470457643
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.13
EAN: 9780470457641
ASIN: 0470457643
Publication Date: July 20, 2009
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An indispensable guide to dealing with challenging, childish boss behavior and building a great career. Based on extensive interviews and research, Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant™ helps employees understand their managers and how to cope with them when they are difficult and frustrating. It reveals the most common irritating boss behaviors, including childish and bullying antics. Most people simply endure the tirades, mood swings, and incessant questions of their tyrannical bosses, but this book shows readers how to build positive relationships with even the most out-of-control boss, and still thrive in their jobs. The key to success lies in dealing with a Terrible Office Tyrant (or TOT™) much like a parent deals with a troublesome toddler. From brats to little lost lambs, virtually every kind of boss is covered here. With true stories and time-tested solutions, this is the perfect guide for dealing with managers who slip into their Terrible Twos. These bosses may be distracted, whiny, fickle and moody, bullying and demanding, needy, stubborn, or just plain self-centered. Taylor takes employees behind all the bossy blustering, so that they can achieve their goals, and career excellence. Bosses will also benefit from this guide to gain insight on what not to do with their team. CEOs know instinctively that Terrible Office Tyrants (TOTs) wreak havoc in their companies, harming the bottom line. A special section helps them mitigate TOT behavior – for a more productive workplace.
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Great advice for dealing with your boss! July 21, 2009
Mark Butler
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you've ever wondered how to improve your job situation, one of the first steps is to improve your relationship with your boss, and career expert Lynn Taylor has some amazing insights along with some great humor in her book, Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant. First of all, check out the book's cover. You'll notice that Lynn's term "Terrible Office Tyrant" breaks down to TOT. Lynn believes that many bosses possess the same traits as tots and toddlers. Some are hard to handle (whining, bullying, territorialism) and others are less abrasive but still challenging (fickleness, forgetfulness, short attention spans.) Throughout the book, Lynn provides helpful, friendly advice on dealing with the Top 20 types of boss behaviors, backed with her years of experience in the careers field. The end result? You'll learn how to cope with difficult bosses, and position yourself to have a stronger, more positive rapport with your boss. That can create much needed job security, as well as position you towards future success in your career. A must read!
The Boss should also read this book. July 29, 2009
Richard A. Levine (West Palm Beach, Florida)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have been a senior manager at a successful printing company for over 50 years. During that time, I have had as many as 100 employees. Even though this engaging book mostly deals with how the employee should handle their bosses, it is also a valuable lesson for managers who want to know how they are irritating their employees. There is also a management section on how to prevent the proliferation of "junior TOTs" among your staff, which gave me ideas, too.
I must admit that when I've been under pressure over the years to meet deadlines, there have been times when I behaved a bit like a tyrant. I have sometimes felt that my staff needed to be scolded like kids, before they did their job correctly. I believed that I had that right, because I paid them. From my point of view, I felt that a boss has every right do so because he (or she) is just that, "the boss." When I finally realized that they were laughing behind my back, I decided to seek advice on "Bossism."
After seeing Ms. Taylor's interview on TV, I decided to buy her book. Boy, what a lesson I learned! I wish I had read it sooner. It made me start to look at my employees from their perspective of me. I've begun to change my behavior and have started appreciating the employee's perspective of working for a bossy boss.
First Rate July 28, 2009
Headhunter (usa)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Take the amazing journey into the unique land of Lynn Taylor's - you'll enjoy the jungle ride into an original landscape, complete with familiar signposts. Instead of the usual mundane, plodding, self-help books, try on Taylor's hilarious perspective of workplace dynamics and how to deal with them successfully. Taylor has an original intelligence which she applies here to the business world in Taming Your Terrible Office Tyrant; adeptly using humor, grace, warmth, and situational street smart recipes which actually work.
Recommended highly to all strata of the corporate world, to anyone dealing with complex interpersonal relationships, or for plain laugh out loud entertainment. It's no accident that Taylor's recognized as a top workplace consultant. Read this book for innovative and highly creative techiniques to navigate through the maze of life and business unscathed.
A Must Have Book For Every Employee August 8, 2009
sanunit (Iowa)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book covers so many types of bosses that I have had. But I never knew how to deal with them. So now I do. The author had fun with the subject. I even laughed out loud. I would recommend this book to people who are just starting out in the work force; to those who have to deal everyday with terrible bosses; and to bosses themselves because the information is very helpful. Maybe childish bosses will recognize themselves and change. That would be great! I could even add a few of my own terrible-tyrant boss types. Hope she does a sequel.
About TIme August 10, 2009
Catherine Geier (New York, NY United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's about time this TOT syndrome is being addressed, and in a very clear and helpful book, well-written and witty as well. Everyone at one time or another has had to deal with this problem. Even the best of bosses under stress can become TOTs....This is a great book and everyone should read it...
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