A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses: Dealing with Bullies, Idiots, Back-Stabbers, and Other Managers from Hell

"Gini Graham Scott, Ph. D. is the founder and director of Changemakers

and Creative Communications & Research. She is the author of more than 40 books,

including A Survival Guide for Working with Humans. She has written the syndicated

""Work it Right!"" column for The Oakland Tribune and other newspapers. She lives in Oakland,

California."

"Introduction

Part I: Not Fit for Command

1. The No-Boss Boss

2. The Pass-the-Buck Boss

3. Clueless but Connected

4. Scatterboss

5. Critically Clueless

6. The Dishonest 'Genius'

Part II: That’s Unfair!

7. On Overload

8. Only Good Enough to Train Others

9. No Backup

10. No Excuses

11. That’s Perfect — Not!

12. Promises, Promises

13. No Trust

14. You’re Great, But ...

Part III: Power Players

15. Just for Sport

16. Turning Yeses into No’s

17. The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

18. Controlling the Control Freak

19. Bad Boss in a Big Bureaucracy

20. Breaking Through the Bureaucracy

21. It Goes with the Territory

22. Who’s the Boss?

Part IV: Out of Bounds

23. Dirty Looks

24. A New Boss Is Insulting and Abusive

25. Call 911

26. Drunk, Disorderly, and Untouchable

27. The Intrusive Boss

28. Party Planner

29. Cultural Divide

Part V: Ethical Challenges

30. Dealing with Danger

31. The Cover-Up

32. It’s a Crime!

33. Sex and Faxes

34. Give In to Collective Denial or Leave?

Part VI: Putting It All Together

35. Bad Boss or Bad Employee?

36. How Bad Is Your Boss? An Assessment Quiz

37. Knowing How to Deal

Index

About the Author"