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215 - Jerks at Work - Tessa West

You Are Not So Smart

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Are You a Kiss Up, Kick Downer?

Bosses who are the most at risk for kiss up kick downers are those who are comfortable dolling out responsibilities to other people. The danger is, kiss or pick downers will often use their social capital and endo favors to cut their boss off from communicating with other people. If you're a boss and you hear someone offering these kinds of favors that basically ultimately amount to you being caught out of communication, it's better to even have five minute conversations with those interns than it is to completely offlow things like that.

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