It’s pretty much impossible to work an entire lifetime and not have at least one boss from Hell. It isn’t fun and it isn’t easy, but sometimes quitting is simply not an option.

1. Big Bad Boss
What to do when your boss is evil
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3. Introduction
• About 20 million Americans deal with
workplace abuse daily
• Employees with “bad bosses” suffered
more heart attacks than those with “good
bosses”
• Having a “bad boss” exacerbates
workplace violence
• What do you do when you have a bad
boss?
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4. What We’ll Discuss Today
• How to identify a
bad boss
• How to handle a
bad boss
• Hear about real-life
bad bosses and
what happened
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5. How to identify a bad boss
Does your boss…
• Pick favorites
• Communicate
poorly
• Misuse power
• Act rudely
• Take credit
• Neglect
employees
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6. How to handle a bad boss
Think
• Why is your boss a
“bad boss”?
• What is making
them act this way?
• What do you feel is
the best plan of
action?
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7. How to handle a bad boss
Talk
• Talk to your boss
• Boss’s
supervisors
• HR
• Not co-workers
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8. How to handle a bad boss
Know when to
leave
• Things aren’t
changing
• You aren’t happy
• Find another
opportunity
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9. What Other People Have Done…
Learning from Heather and Tony
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11. Thank you!
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