Title: BOSS POWER PROCESS
1BOSS POWER PROCESS
Functional Boss Behaviors
Part 4 of 4
2being a bully covert to mean spiritedkiss
up/kick downthe threat of talented
subordinatesfront and centeritus limelight
lover
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3yelling, abusive languagewithholding things we
needmaking the problem, event or issue come up
to their level of importance
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4status seeking (letters behind their name,
picture/name on everything, preoccupation with
titles, etc.)regarding everyone as a rival
excessive competitiveness
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5making the job (and themselves) bigger than it
isexerting themselves at the wrong time
(hitting the easy ones)the mismanagement of
credit
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6the assault, murder and kidnapping of
ideaspreoccupation with appearanceplaying
someone elses role
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7the uncontrollable urge to fix, change, alter
things to put their fingerprint on them
(pissing on the bushes)strategically creating
problems so they can solve them
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8the inability to accept yes or nicecreating a
reward for others to (competitively) bring news
(to them the boss) before anyone else gets that
news (reporting race)
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9giving inordinate credit to those who shower
attention, flattery on them (ass kissing)using
their position to always put subordinates (and
others) at a disadvantage
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10acting in a way to always show others that they
are in chargerevenge using power to pay
people back for something that happened in the
past
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11must be the author of every good ideaconfusing
monologue (lecturing) with dialogue
(conversing)playing information games
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12irritating people (because they can)keeping
secrets/keeping others in suspensedouble
standardovercomplicating a simple process
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13creating win/lose situationscreating (and
patrolling) overdefined organizational levels
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14thinking the rules dont apply to
themforgetting they have a bossharassment,
hazing, excessive rites of passage
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15The end.