tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post1924942335331339268..comments2024-03-28T14:03:05.228-07:00Comments on Execupundit.com: Note to the Boss: Why We Don't Respond Honestly When You Ask, "How's It Going?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-12687178507566787632007-02-01T17:25:00.000-07:002007-02-01T17:25:00.000-07:00Thanks, Rowan. In one of Joseph Heller's novels he...Thanks, Rowan. In one of Joseph Heller's novels he writes that in every company there is a person who is slowly going insane. What he doesn't mention is that many of them are bosses.Michael Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762773757535724585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-73201482554325662622007-02-01T08:47:00.000-07:002007-02-01T08:47:00.000-07:00Just perfect Michael!
I had one boss years ago wh...Just perfect Michael!<br /><br />I had one boss years ago who fostered a culture that gave me a bleeding ulcer at the age of 24, three nervous breakdowns among colleagues and god knows what in terms of heart attacks and strokes for all of us in later life. When bearded on this by his PA (who was drunk at her going-away party) he could not even accept that if he came into the office in a bad mood, it had a knock-on effect ...<br /><br />I like Scott Adams' 'bungee boss' image - "Tell me everything, I'm here to heeeeeeelp" (as he gets yanked away by the latest re-org bungee.Rowan Manahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14419782365041965920noreply@blogger.com