Book Titles

Sometimes… a boss can avoid open disobedience by simply ignoring a superior’s idiocy and just doing what is best.

…sometimes [bosses] encourage their people to join them in doing a crummy job. And such intentional ineptitude is sometimes the best option for enhancing performance and collective humanity.

…creative incompetence can be effective and ethical when used in small doses and with proper precautions.

Most bosses are expected to do so many things that it is often impossible to perform each chore perfectly – or even very well.

The best bosses learn when they can and should ignore the least important demands from others. But some demands can’t be avoided even though they have little, if any, impact on people or performance.

…creative incompetence must be used with great care, but it is something that every good boss keeps in his or her tool kit.

Sociologists will tell you that feeling besieged by an enemy has an upside, as it brings people together to fight the common threat.

[Good bosses] protect their people from enemies up the chain, especially bosses who undermine their charges’ ability to get work done and make them miserable.

To succeed at their jobs, your people need the right materials and tools, and enough money.

Embarrassing your crummy boss is a good way to get yourself fired in many places.