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5 ways to fix a bad boss

Posted on by Richard Aaron Wright in Blotter

Everyone has a story about a bad boss ruining a good company. If you want to know how to fix a bad boss – the best advice is to let the situation fix itself. Incompetence, aggression and not getting along nearly always ends with a bad boss departing and new rules put in place to prevent it from happening again. We all want Transformational Leadership and are amazed when jerks have success leading companies. But exceptions to the rules will always be the excuse for bad behavior and incompetence.

1. Fix a bad boss the way of a bad President

Depending on whom you ask, many of our past Presidents of the United States (POTUS) were bad bosses. Many believe Donald Trump to be...

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Improving your communications with Indian developers

The South Asian head bobble has its roots in British colonialism when subjects were too afraid a “yes” or “no” answer would contradict the one asking a question. Today’s South Asians are more than willing to contradict you without fear of reprisal, but their cordial manners often hide their true feelings. Innuendo, after all, is where cultural divide wedges itself. Where westerners perceive apathy in an Indian, the conversation should proceed until a firm “yes” can be established. “We’ll try” or “maybe” probably means “no”. And when communicating with anyone from a different culture, one should always avoid sarcasm or implying something. For instance, “Let’s get that project done Friday” will likely delay your project. Instead, “The deadline is Friday for that project” makes it happen. Business conversations between westerners and Asians often break down because sensibilities are insulted by mistake and often without even knowing. Jumping into business before wading through the waters of cordiality is a frequent mistake. more
What to look for in Home Health Care Software

Picking a Home Health Care Software solution from among so many choices can seem like a task best suited to a philosopher. It takes deductive reasoning when evaluating different technology as well as mathematical acumen when budgeting what to spend on the software package. It was the French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) who suggested a dualistic approach to life – a physical realm separate from the mental realm. What does Descartes have to do with Home Health Care Software? Business managers server their clientele with a combination of administrative function (physical realm) and customer service (mental realm). Let’s look at it from the perspective of health care workers who go into homes to help patients: On the one hand these health care workers nurture their patients’ health, emotions and minds (mental realm) while on the other hand these workers are filing the paperwork, scheduling appointments and providing the medicine and procedures (physical realm) that support the business of total home more
The Greenville baby giraffe has some life lessons

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