Your an asshole boss

Regular topics include process driven growth, building high performance teams and designing careers that do more than achieve financial status but most importantly creates a legacy. With an unemployment rate at record lows, employees have more options than ever for meaningful employment. As a result, when the boss is an asshole, the first inclination of most employees is to find another job. But is that the right thing to do?

Science attracts so many different and quirky personalities that you are bound to have a problem with some people. But when your boss is the problem, its a big problem for you. Well sometimes the best advice is really to just move on to a position or environment more suited to your personality. So here are some of different types of particularly difficult personality traits I have found in managers I have worked with, along with a few ways to get along with each type of person. It could be in the form of comments or actions that make you question yourself or cause you to make mistakes. The only way to deal with passive aggressive behavior is to recognize it and address it at the time it is happening. You do not need to be rude or aggressive back.

On a related topic, Bob told me about a company called SuccessFactors. It makes performance and talent management software to automate performance reviews across global organizations and create visibility into performance data across the organization. This helps its customers determine how to find, promote, and pay people as well as how to manage succession planning. I will love what we do for companies and employees everywhere. I will demonstrate respect for the individual; I will be nice and listen to others, and respect myself.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of intolerable people in high authority. Not yours. You have your own problems to focus on, so do it, and try not to let them get under your skin.