Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Dec 9, 2009, 11:13 pm
According to a recent study, men make better bosses. Considering that the two worst bosses I’ve ever had were males, I beg to differ. In fact, the study itself doesn’t seem very definitive. The st...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Dec 7, 2009, 11:16 pm
In this week’s installment of Managing the Meanies, Buck reminds us of a lesson his father taught him, “the one asking the questions is the one in charge.”  Bad bosses who refuse to acknowledge...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Dec 6, 2009, 11:16 pm
Anne Burrell - Image source nymag.com Anne Burrell hosts Food Network’s Secrets of a Restaurant Chef. But before that she was a chef at Centro Vinoteca, a neighborhood restaurant and wine bar locat...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Dec 4, 2009, 9:16 am
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… On her blog A Meaningful Existence, Karen shares The top 5 reasons to leave your job – no surprise here, a bad boss is number one. And whi...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Dec 1, 2009, 11:10 pm
(Halifax, UK) Imagine waking up in your hotel room and finding your male colleague sitting in a chair in a dark corner of the room. Then imagine him going into the bathroom and emerging moments later ...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 30, 2009, 11:25 pm
This week Buck Hamilton’s back with a new post in his Managing the Meanies series. The Formative Years covers, well, his formative years, a period in which he developed his leadership skills, skills...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 27, 2009, 7:03 am
In this post, Buck told the story of his first encounter with a classic low self-esteemer… A Napoleonic Tyrant A classic case study of such a dangerous low self-esteemer was at my first job at a ...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 26, 2009, 7:04 am
In his third post in the Managing the Meanies series, Buck introduced what I like to call “public displays of incompetence.” The Morale Buster This kind of manager is always quick with a caustic...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 25, 2009, 7:01 am
In his second post in the series, Buck delved into the psyche behind a lot of bad bosses… 12 bosses, less than 20% worth their salaries Over the course of a long career in the paper industry ...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 24, 2009, 11:00 am
This is Thanksgiving week, and if I remember correctly, depending on where you work, this is the week where production and productivity begin it’s massive decline, culminating in a complete lac...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 22, 2009, 10:12 pm
My first job out of college I worked for a father and son, and son team. If I didn’t believe that every career challenge served to make you stronger, I would say that accepting that position was one...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 19, 2009, 9:02 am
A couple of years ago Spike TV posted their Top 10 worst movie bosses of all time.
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 17, 2009, 8:08 am
In last Tuesday’s installment of his weekly series, Managing the Meanies, Buck Hamilton introduced us to his first classic low self-esteemer bad boss. This week, Buck defines the Royalty Syndrome, a...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 16, 2009, 7:47 am
In my ongoing effort to help make Monday mornings a little more bearable, here’s a repost that should help you make it through the work week, one day at a time… Years ago when jobs were plentifu...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 13, 2009, 7:57 am
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… No surprise here, some bosses are really bad, even across the water. According to a report released by the Chartered Institute of Management ...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 12, 2009, 8:49 am
I first wrote about Stewart Heath back in August. Heath was the CEO of Equity Reality Estate who pulled a gun on his employee after the employee confronted him about a bounced payroll check. Since tha...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 10, 2009, 7:37 am
Last week in Managing the Meanies, Buck Hamilton introduced us to the classic morale busting bad boss. Morale busters often publicly humiliate their employee in a thinly veiled attempt at hiding their...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 9, 2009, 4:07 am
I still remember it like it was yesterday. The anxiety I felt on Sunday evenings knowing that in a few short hours I’d be back at the office working at a job I didn’t like and for a man, or woman,...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 6, 2009, 9:10 am
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… US News & World Report – Putting everything in writing and picking your moments are just two of the tips Karen Burns gives weary employees...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 5, 2009, 6:31 am
We probably already knew it, but didn’t have an official study to back it up. Now we do. November’s issue of the journal Psychological Science includes the results of a study conducted by research...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Nov 3, 2009, 5:25 am
In last Tuesday’s installment of his series Managing the Meanies, Buck suggested that the most dangerous managers in the workplace suffer from low self-esteem. This week Buck continues by discussing...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 31, 2009, 7:27 pm
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… Yahoo’s Shine – Marci Alboher reviews the book Working for You Isn’t Working for Me, and has a Q&A session with the authors, Kather...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 29, 2009, 5:56 pm
Occasionally we find bad bosses outside of corporate America. Whether it’s politicians or entertainers, people who’ve been given a lot of responsibility and absolutely made a mess of it will find ...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 28, 2009, 11:10 pm
There must be something in the water, or maybe it’s the change of season. But something seems to be ushering in a slew of really bad and really stupid bosses. Earlier this week I shared the story of...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 26, 2009, 11:48 pm
Last week I introduced you to Buck Hamilton and his series Managing the Meanies, where Buck, a sales and marketing executive, introduces us to and dissects the behavior of several of his really bad bo...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 26, 2009, 12:38 am
You’re the manager of a UPS store, you receive a package containing marijuana, and instead of contacting the authorities or alerting your own manager, you sell it. You might be a really bad boss and...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 22, 2009, 11:07 pm
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… Bad Boss? Don’t explode – The recession has thrown an alarming number of under qualified bosses into management positions. How do we...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 21, 2009, 11:02 pm
I’m no great fan of Al Franken, but after years of offending people with crass jokes, Al’s trying to make up for lost time by proposing an amendment that would prohibit the government from contrac...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 20, 2009, 11:52 am
A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reader interested in sharing his own stories of bad bosses and the impact they’ve had on his life and career. Always interested in others’ stories and how th...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 19, 2009, 5:02 am
Last week The Huff Post featured a list of what they consider to be the worst bosses of all time. I think the only reason my last boss didn’t make the list is that he didn’t meet the height requir...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 17, 2009, 4:00 am
Are we asking too much when we ask our bosses to treat us with a little respect?
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 16, 2009, 11:00 am
Try not to kill yours… Share your bad boss stories with us, or celebrate by browsing through our pages and pages of really bad boss stories. Hey, at least it’s Friday.
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 15, 2009, 6:39 am
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… The Christian Science Monitor asks is Jeffrey Skilling the worst boss ever, and then gives us five qualities that make a bad boss — and rea...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 14, 2009, 11:35 pm
7,545 Blogs. 139 Countries. 11,482,550 Readers Today Really Bad Boss is participating in the Blog Action Day ‘09 Climate Change event. Really Bad Boss agrees that action taken by the United States ...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 14, 2009, 12:22 pm
Ok, so they didn’t actually say beware of Worldwide Pants, but they are cautioning students in the school’s internship program to stay away from David Letterman, who owns Worldwide Pants, the tele...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 11, 2009, 11:30 pm
Well, maybe neither. But, since studies show that employees who feel respected and appreciated work harder and are more productive, you’d think employers would catch on and at least make an effort t...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 8, 2009, 8:02 am
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… When bosses from hell attack – Kenya McCullum compiled some bad boss from hell stories and shares them with us. When the going gets tough,...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 5, 2009, 11:30 pm
About two feet six inches. When I was about eight years old, a future inmate inhabiting the body of an eight year old boy and two of his future cell mates met me in the street after school. They corne...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 4, 2009, 9:00 pm
The Internet’s abuzz with people talking about whether or not its ok for bosses to sleep with their employees. The day after Letterman made the shocking announcement that he was being blackmailed by...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 2, 2009, 9:24 am
It’s not funny…really not funny.  You knew it was only a matter of time.  Rather than wait for it, we decided to ask you to help us do our own Letterman style Top Ten Reasons Late Night TV Bosse...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Oct 2, 2009, 7:13 am
For those who haven’t heard yet, last night, David Letterman revealed he’d been the target of a $2 million blackmail scheme carried out by a CBS 48 Hours producer.
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 30, 2009, 11:30 pm
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… Bukisa tells us the best ways to handle conflicts with our bosses. Smart Money gives you 10 ways to make your boss love you. I just want m...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 29, 2009, 7:26 am
Yahoo finance listed 5 of the most overpaid CEO’s of 2008.
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 27, 2009, 11:30 pm
I was talking to a friend of mine this week who is, as so many of us are, frustrated at the unreasonableness of her boss.  My friend missed a day of work last week. She hadn’t taken a “mental hea...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 24, 2009, 1:34 pm
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… When bad bosses happen to good people – The title says it all in this piece from The Examiner. How to keep your boss from driving yo...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 22, 2009, 11:42 am
Did you know there was a blog called Cake Wrecks?!? Neither did I! Their tag is “When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.” And as you can imagine, it is hilarious. So what, you migh...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 22, 2009, 9:03 am
I found a great site the other day, Pissed Consumer. Pissed consumer is exactly what it sounds like, and after leaving a couple of strongly worded letters myself, I ran across this warning about a com...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 21, 2009, 6:57 am
Last week, I shared my tales of falling in love with jobs, only to have them turn on you. I call it the “Sweet Deceit.” And while I do take some of the blame for not asking enough of the r...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 19, 2009, 9:51 am
This week in Really Bad Boss… Sweet Deceit – It’s the act of convincing yourself, despite warning signs to the contrary, that the job you’re about to take is the best job in t...
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Denise D. posted an article on Really Bad Boss - Sep 18, 2009, 8:18 am
What the blogosphere’s saying about bosses this week… The Human Resources Info Blogspot offers 3 Tips to Diffuse a Problem Boss. Throwing cold water on them is apparently not an option. Job dissa...
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