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• Tikae03/08/07 Report as spam
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  Field Guide : * * * * *

  A beautiful breakdown on the types of bosses one is most likely to encounter. We will each recognise our previous, and current, bosses amongst these. However, the tips for handling them are useful.

• viruser03/09/07 Report as spam
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  How many of these do you have?

  My curiosity got the best of me here; went around my workplace and decided to group all the bosses in the different categories mentioned here. Found all but the "HERO". Have you tried it in your office? Do you find all types of bosses?

• Geoffrey James, Sales Machine03/12/07 Report as spam
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  Heroes

  I've been lucky enough to have worked for three heroes during my longish stint in cubicle land. I quote one of them, Dilip Phadke, in the "how to manage your boss" articles.
  Geoffrey

• LOUIETR04/25/07 Report as spam
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  More types of boses!!!

  This is a great list but I do think there's more to it!! For example; the Comic - makes senseless jokes and tries too hard to fit in!!

• Geoffrey James, Sales Machine04/30/07 Report as spam
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  Subspecies

  The joke teller is a subspecies of the fogey. Often a fogey in the early states of gestation.

• abeganovic03/08/07 Report as spam
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  I love it!

  Very funny, yet so true!

• chen-id03/09/07 Report as spam
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  it's so funny...

  hahaha :)))

• ameizoso@...03/09/07 Report as spam
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  Field guide to bossess

  Excellent: You have to make it easy to print
  Alexis

• alicew03/09/07 Report as spam
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  social director

  I liked the field guide a lot. Right now I have a "social director" for a boss.
  Very nice person, but likes to keep her boss happy by never rocking the boat, so it is difficult for get her to help me get ahead.
  She appreciates my worth and praises me often but seems to be afraid to advocate for giving me a raise or promotion with her boss.
  Not sure how to get others to build concensus around this particular issue, but I definitely see how it could work for other things.
  Thanks for this very interesting and amusing peice.

• TechWell03/09/07 Report as spam
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  I "dugg" the story!

  Love the story so much I dugg it!
  http://digg.com/business_finance/Bosses_A_Field_Guide
  
  Go ahead and dig it!!

• funnybroad@...03/09/07 Report as spam
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  This Rocks!

  I love this thing... I wish I could download it in one piece!

• adsbze03/22/07 Report as spam
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  helpful

  Could actually identify many of these characters in my organization.

• jennifer.l.calabrese@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Great format

  I really enjoyed the feel of this piece. Great job!

• oormi04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Bosses: A Field Guide

  Great one ...
  
  Add to it "I knew it" type ... the type who knows all about every decision, post-facto of course.

• swetha.ragavendra@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Styles

  Very short and good description about the styles currently seen in organizations, excellent way of putting it across to auidence...Good Job..!!

• denisedaniele04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Our Hero

  Absolutely hilarious! Fortunately, my manager is the hero of the bunch.

• lwalker@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  SEEN 'EM ALL BEFORE....

  LOVED IT....IT'S AWESOME.

• vlsdiamond@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Absolutely Great!!

  This is absolutely great - I love it. I have worked for a few of them and sadly it was not the Hero.

• ARiley1963@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Bosses

  Ahh how true :)Thank you

• yohei_totsuka@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  This is great !

  Yes, very interesting categorization !
  
  I've seen some of them, sometimes you even find them combined.
  Also reminded me of quite a few of really nice "heroe" bosses.

• lalouch@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Bosses

  loved it, with my own couple of additions

• atlurim2@...04/17/07 Report as spam
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  Field Guide To Bosses

  Definetly Seen Most of them. Some have changed from one to other with the circumstances

• sue.graham@...04/18/07 Report as spam
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  Bosses Field Guide

  Brilliant!

• javad800204/18/07 Report as spam
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  Very Funy

  I have read such a funy book "mismanagement" by Isac adizess

• khatibsayed04/18/07 Report as spam
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  Simplicity Guide

  It is fantastic and simple bosses : a field guide.
  Thanks for simlicity of your guide.
  
  S.El-khatib\Egypt

• ghallica04/18/07 Report as spam
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  Simplicity & fun! (;")

  Hey!!
  This guide is really funny, & useful as well!
  I just love it when it mixes fun with learning
  Thanks alot
  Omar Ghaly, Egypt..

• mrsundeep@...04/19/07 Report as spam
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  Boss

  Very funny and helpful

• bizdev@...04/23/07 Report as spam
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  Good Guide

  This guide works well for categorize the bosses over the world.

• raveenabhardwaj@...04/26/07 Report as spam
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  Nice..

  Funnny yet very educating...i'l keep the types in mind when i work...!

• sybassett105/31/07 Report as spam
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  Bosses Field Guide

  HILARIOUS and oh-so true!!

• thEditor06/26/07 Report as spam
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  You forgot the Chameleon!

  Nice One!
  I once had a boss who exhibited many of these behaviors...
  Fortunately, not all at the same time

• klau336307/26/07 Report as spam
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  One is missing

  I'm sure one is missing...the one who feels everyone is below them and that he or she is constantly correct and cannot do any wrong.
  
  Overall, this is very hilarious. And yes, I've seen them all as well (unfortunately).

• bquick07/27/07 Report as spam
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  Social Director to Our Hero

  I went from working under a Social Director to an Our Hero. I wish I had this list back then. Those Social Directors are way more annoying than I could have ever imagined, and the list is right, bring the cake and you'll be fine. =P I'll cry if the current boss ever leaves without me! I better start working on making myself indispensable!

• jyockey07/27/07 Report as spam
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  What a great field guide!

  I am so glad I work for a HERO!

• icicle08/04/07 Report as spam
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  The Lazy Bum

  I think its missing the "The Lazy Bum"
  
  Pros: Leaves you alone and lets you get on with your work.
  Cons: Puts off anything you need to the point of exasperation.

• JohnSB02/19/08 Report as spam
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  You forgot another one:

  The Passive Aggressive Incompetent
  
  Characteristics: Is constantly trying to make you feel powerless or incompetent in subliminal ways. Likes to take it out on subordinates and vendors when he/she gets in trouble.
  
  Example: Bill Lumbergh (Office Space) with a much larger inferiority complex.
  
  Quotes: "Go back and revise this internal memo. The font size on the footer is one point too large, and it's a little off center."
  
  Pros: If you get laid off, working as a garbage collector seems like a day at the beach. Acts really nice in between passive-aggressive episodes.
  
  Cons: Will never lay you off since you do all of his/her work anyways while he/she takes all the credit. Problems get blamed/taken out on you no matter what the cause is. Gets boring trying to explain to them how to do their job.

• ddoggett02/21/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Our Hero (Bosses: A Field Guide)

  This was awesome. I have seen them all!!

• EAmin05/27/08 Report as spam
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  only his

  Our bosse work only on his binfits

• nishith2206/23/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Our Hero (Bosses: A Field Guide)

  GOOD