Crazy Bosses
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Jam-packed with new anecdotes, updated references, and modernized jokes, Stanley Bing’s seminal investigation of what makes bosses crazy is now revised for a new generation.
Fans of television’s The Office and the cult film Office Space will love this classic guide to the universal workplace phenomenon of crazy bosses, now updated for a new century’s worth of insane supervisors. Bestselling author and business guru Stanley Bing’s Crazy Bosses identifies the various types of crazy bosses—the boss with the five brains, the bully, the paranoid boss, the narcissist, the “bureaucrazy,” and the disaster hunter—and offers readers concrete strategies on how to cope, and, most importantly, how not to become crazy bosses themselves.
But how do you survive the madness without becoming a monster yourself?
- Dealing with Difficult People: Learn to spot the five types of crazy bosses in their natural habitat—from The Bully and The Paranoid to The Narcissist—before they strike.
- Workplace Humor: A sharply funny take on corporate culture that will feel deeply familiar to any fan of The Office or Office Space.
- Coping Strategies: Get concrete, actionable advice on how to manage your manager, navigate office politics, and protect your sanity.
- Leadership Skills: Discover the most important lesson of all: how to wield power and authority without becoming the kind of crazy boss you’ve always hated.
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Stanley Bing, the alter ego of Gil Schwartz (1951–2020), was the bestselling author of Crazy Bosses, What Would Machiavelli Do?, Throwing the Elephant, Sun Tzu Was a Sissy, 100 Bullshit Jobs . . . And How to Get Them, The Big Bing, and The Curriculum, as well as the novels Lloyd: What Happened, You Look Nice Today, and Immortal Life. He was a top CBS communications executive whose identity was one of the worst-kept secrets in business.