John Hoover - Boss Quotes

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There is nothing more miserable to a boss than a detractor.

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Paranoia can feed on itself and become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Paranoid Boss spends his energy searching out and exposing the conspiracy against him.... the focus and leadership that should have been committed to departmental objectives is wasted and the whole operation goes in the tank—thus confirming the paranoid boss's contention...

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Invite you Buddy Boss to everything.... Share information openly... Request meetings... Beware of the confessional.... Your Buddy Boss will devote endless hours to hearing your confessions and making hers to you... a potential disconnect from getting any appreciable work done.... Set time limits.... Getting along with her... requires ignoring everything you're being paid to do... Dedicated workers get hit the hardest because they must work nights and weekends to do the things they would have done... With luck, you might be transferred to an Idiot Boss.

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You can't let your I-Boss know you're training him.

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If escaping your paranoid boss is not... easy... Keep your activities in plain site... copy your Paranoid Boss on everything... Spend more time with him... Share the knowledge... Share secrets... some of your inner thoughts, within reason...

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You are ultimately your own boss, even if you report to someone else.

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Your Idiot Boss needs to feel that someone is on his side, in his corner, and has his back. Find times to support your Idiot Boss, especially in his times of uncertainty and doubt.

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If you are equally as emotionally needy as your Buddy Boss, it could be a marriage made in heaven, although I would rather go to another heaven.

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Learning a new cadence will serve you better than forming your own drum line. You'll probably just frustrate yourself and you boss, who in turn will drum you out.

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If an I-Boss isn't sure whether something a team member does is good or bad, he is likely to err on the side of bad and seize control of the situation...

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Your I-Boss may have a greater emotional investment in getting things done right than he is willing or able to admit.

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Being a Good Boss is so easy, it makes you wonder why anyone would invest the extra effort and energy required to be a bad one.

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Even idiots tend to retain bits and pieces of knowledge. If your I-Boss stumbles into a good move, something that is truly helpful... reinforce it...

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There are people who think they're God.... thinking you're God transcends cluelessness.... God Bosses should be locked up... If you find it expedient to appease the God Boss, pray for pardon from your real Higher Authority and then play church.... He is playing God to compensate for a tremendous lack of confidence.... Trying to subvert or compete with a God Boss will invariably leave you the loser.

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Be thankful for you I-Boss. He might be the easiest to work with and the least threatening to your health of all other boss types.

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If an employee does something wonderful, an I-Boss might feel a twinge of humiliation... he can take steps to make the employee feel what he's feeling.... That's why... team members who do good things are routinely embarrassed or humiliated by their I-Bosses.

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When you have a bad boss, chances are that somebody is up to no good.

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