Chances are, you already know what it’s like to work for a toxic boss. You know they suck the air out of a room and the life out of their employees, and you don’t need a research report to tell you that working for one is a nightmare. If this sounds like your current reality, and you want help, this book is for you. The Toxic Boss Survival Guide can help you analyze your immediate situation, create a workable survival plan that fits your situation, and carry it out (including abandoning the situation, if that is what it takes to survive).

The sad fact is that the majority of people in the workforce have a less than perfect relationship with their supervisor and many of them consider themselves to be working for "a bad boss". But what can they do about it, short of leaving their job? "A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses" gives readers all the guidance they so desperately need not just to survive, but thrive while reporting to someone incompetent, mean, unethical, or even worse.

The guide for anyone who deals with difficult authority figures at work. Sooner or later, we all have to work for someone we can't stand-whether it's an inept supervisor, an undermining department head, or an overly demanding client. When that happens, some people quit, some suffer in silence, and others cope by sulking, obsessing, or retaliating. But you can take charge of this crucial workplace relationship. In this book, Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster, authors of the bestseller Working for You Is Killing Me, offer concrete examples of bad boss scenarios and a proven four-step program for improving each situation: •Detect - Identify how this person drives you crazy. •Detach - Discover concrete actions you can take to reclaim your power. •Depersonalize - Learn how to take a boss's actions less personally. •Deal - Devise a plan to get what you need and move your career forward.

The author shows how to use emotional intelligence tactics to survive when dealing with toxic managers and other impossible people in the workplace.

Built on research from CCL's Toxic Boss Project and written with a refreshing blend of humor as well as serious tips, the Toxic Boss Survival Guide is based on the experience of employees working in a wide variety of organizations. It identifies the six most common types of toxic bosses, describes the mindset you need to endure, and outlines an tactic-rich approach based on wilderness survival principles and the US Air Force's SERE School.

About the Book How to Survive a Toxic Boss is designed to give employees healthy coping strategies to survive cantankerous workplace environments and practical tools to effectively manage difficult employers, and more specifically, a toxic boss. This book will give a thorough analysis of what makes a workplace toxic, it will help one to quickly identify early signs of toxicity, and how to set healthy boundaries between subordinates and managers. It provides realistic ways to detoxify your workplace culture, provide guidance on when and how to report workplace abuse, and to know when to stay or leave the organization. This book is about empowering one to have agency and to advocate for oneself in the face of workplace inequality. About the Author Dr. Herron Keyon Gaston is an American public intellectual, Connecticut State Senator, philosophical theologian, academician, national political commentator, community organizer, legal scholar, and renowned public speaker. Dr. Gaston is the former Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment at Yale University Divinity School, having been the first African American to hold the position since its inception in 1822. Dr. Gaston focuses on creating a harmonious and healthy workplace culture, where individuals can thrive and grow, free from toxicity and workplace stagnation.

Whether you work for a tyrant, a control freak, or a bona fide psychotic, this book gives you permission to hate your boss and still manage to be productive. Upbeat and offbeat, this cure for the common-dictator explains why we hate bosses, why the ``perfect boss'' is a pipe dream, how suffering under a bad boss can improve your work, why it's advantageous to be a smart follower, and how to get along--even emphatize--with even the most power-crazed ruler.