Do you have a bad boss or have you had a bad boss? If you
haven't chances are, sadly, you will have one in the future. Bosses induce
anything from nervousness and anxiety to fear and absolute terror. But why
do bosses behave badly? Why do apparently assertive and intelligent people
bow down to bad bosses? To solve the problem of bad bosses, conventional
books tell you how to deal with a bad boss, or how to become a better boss
yourself. But this new book makes the radical argument that bosses behave
the way they do because of something outside of them. Similarly, something
outside of you makes you behave submissively towards your bosses.
What's that something? Through a field of study called Systems Thinking,
this book investigates, and shows you why bosses are effectively programmed
to be dictators. It also reveals how this results in our workplaces being
built on the shaky foundation of fear, not freedom. Using real life
examples including the world's worst aviation accident, the two space
shuttle disasters and the war on Iraq, the book examines the devastating
consequences of the way organizations currently work. Ultimately, beyond
getting you to do things differently, this book will change the way you
look at the issue of leadership in organizations.
haven't chances are, sadly, you will have one in the future. Bosses induce
anything from nervousness and anxiety to fear and absolute terror. But why
do bosses behave badly? Why do apparently assertive and intelligent people
bow down to bad bosses? To solve the problem of bad bosses, conventional
books tell you how to deal with a bad boss, or how to become a better boss
yourself. But this new book makes the radical argument that bosses behave
the way they do because of something outside of them. Similarly, something
outside of you makes you behave submissively towards your bosses.
What's that something? Through a field of study called Systems Thinking,
this book investigates, and shows you why bosses are effectively programmed
to be dictators. It also reveals how this results in our workplaces being
built on the shaky foundation of fear, not freedom. Using real life
examples including the world's worst aviation accident, the two space
shuttle disasters and the war on Iraq, the book examines the devastating
consequences of the way organizations currently work. Ultimately, beyond
getting you to do things differently, this book will change the way you
look at the issue of leadership in organizations.
