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How Do I Handle a Bad Boss?

Sep 13, 2023

Learn how to protect yourself from a bad boss through communication and managing up. Explore different types of bad bosses and determine if it's a mismatch with the company. Understand the importance of documenting interactions and addressing issues. Get insights on navigating workplace conflicts and improving your work environment.

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Quick takeaways

Defining personal values helps individuals navigate the negative impact of bad bosses and actively oppose behaviors that conflict with their values.

Strategies for protecting oneself from a bad boss include documenting interactions, clear communication, advocating for oneself, and prioritizing mental health.

Deep dives

Identifying Different Types of Bad Bosses

The podcast explores the different types of bad bosses, including bullies, unreliable bosses, and bosses who don't do their job. Listeners shared their experiences, highlighting instances of humiliation, toxic environments, and lack of accountability. These stories emphasize the negative impact that bad bosses can have on mental health and overall well-being.

Introduction

2min

Navigating a Bad Boss

14min

Dealing with a Bad Boss

4min

Documenting Interactions with a Difficult Boss

6min

Handling a Bad Boss and Going to HR

3min

So, you have your first bad boss. How do you protect yourself?

This week on New Here, we learn how to deal witha difficult manager and heal afterward.

Leadership coach and TikTok creator Robyn L. Garrett helps host Elainy Mata understand how many managers think -- and shares how she handled a bad boss early in her career.

Plus, Elainy’s own former boss Anita Sen gives us three tips that we can use to protect ourselves from a difficult manager.

Have a career question? Let us know at NewHere@HBR.org.

Key topics include: communication, managing up, mental health, careers.

More Reading:

· When Should You Take a Problem to HR? (Octavia Goredama)

· Dealing With Your Incompetent Boss (Amy Gallo)

· Do You Hate Your Boss? (Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries)