Good Boss, Bad Boss - 9780446556088

Are you a good boss...or a bad boss?

Would your employees---if given the choice---ever want to work for you again?

Most important of all, are you in tune with what it feels like to work for you?

Dr. Robert Sutton wrote Good Boss, Bad Boss to answer these questions, inspired by the thousands of e-mails, articles, blog posts, and conversations provoked by his bestseller The No Asshole Rule. Dr. Sutton now applies his commonsense approach to show how the great bosses in our world differ from those who are just so-so, or, worse yet, downright inept.

If you are the boss, are you a good one? How can you keep honing your skills---and stir your people to give their all and be proud to work for you? Are you in tune with how your words and deeds (and those little looks on your face) affect your followers? What do they really think of you---are you aware of how they see you, or do you live in a fool's paradise? If they had a choice, would they continue to work for you?

Sutton weaves together real-life case studies and pertinent behavioral science research to deliver a precise and sometimes startling account of what the best bosses do.

Good Boss, Bad Boss delivers a definitive manifesto for anyone who has ever been elevated to a position of authority---and a blueprint of salvation for those who suffer because their bosses just don't seem to get it.