Everyone encounters "toxic" bosses, but in this economy, it's something people may just have to deal with. In their new book, Working for You Isn't Working for Me: The Ultimate Guide to Managing Your Boss (Portfolio, September 2009), authors Katherine Crowley (a psychotherapist) and Kathi Elster (a business strategist) help you detect bad behaviors and--luckily--tell you how to reclaim control of the relationship regardless of your rank. Here are the 20 behaviors; your boss may have one--or all.
1. Chronic Critic: finds fault with everything you do
2. Rule Changer: keeps changing and rearranging what he or she originally decided
3. Yeller: explodes without notice and says incriminating things about you
4. Underminer: will set you up to fail
5. "I'm Always Right": needs to be considered infallible
6. "You Threaten Me": takes credit when it's not due
7. Grandiose: can't see past his or her own ego
8. Control Freak: micromanages uncontrollably
9. Love-Struck: can't manage his or her own emotions
10. Calculating Confidante: has a hidden agenda
11. Tell-All: makes you his or her captive audience
12. Liar, Liar: can implicate you in his or her lies
13. Sacred Cow: not going anywhere; if you challenge you will lose
14. Checked Out: preoccupied with non-work-related matters
15. Spineless: incapable of defending anyone
16. Artful Dodger: afraid of tarnishing his or her perfect image
17. Junior: many not value your experience
18. Former Colleague: the balance of power has changed
19. Unconscious Discriminator: unintentionally expresses bias
20. Persecutor: targets and torments you
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