Boss: The Handbook for Anyone Who Has a Boss or Anyone Who Would Like to Be a Boss

By James W. Rose

Are you having boss trouble? Perhaps you just want to know how to impress your boss? Are you confused on how to approach your boss? Or are you interested in becoming a boss? Whatever the case, this handbook is for you. Maybe you are a successful professional with multiple bosses, work in a small business, are employed in education or just starting out in the workforce? Whatever your situation, “BOSS – The Handbook for Anyone Who Has a Boss and Anyone Who Would like to be a Boss” can help you. This book should be kept near you at the workplace so you can look at it and refer to it as needed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Nov 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765235997

James W. Rose

James Rose is an educational professional. A graduate of SUNY College at Cortland where he studied Physical Education and Columbia University, Teachers College where he furthered his knowledge about educational administration. Mr. Rose is a respected professional, teacher, coach, author, leader, administrator, presenter, consultant and expert witness. He has worked for over 50 bosses in his 35 plus years as a professional. He has also worked for many other bosses during summers and holding jobs during his younger years. He has learned both positive and negative attributes of leadership along the way which has molded his own administrative style. He has supervised thousands of employees over the years, and has held many other leaderships positions to further the profession of education. Jim has a family of four with two sons and has been an active volunteer emergency medical technician and firefighter for over 40 years. His lifelong mission is to help others. It is within that mission that he hopes that this book can assist a worker who works very hard each and every day, but who struggles with a particular boss, or one who is looking to get further insight into understanding the people within a workplace and/or just interested in gaining insight to the type of boss he/she may want to become.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2022920213

Balboa Press rev. date: 11/22/2022

Contents

Introduction: How to Use This Book

1Bosses Categorized

2The Dos and Don’ts for Each Type of Boss

3Combination Bosses

4Your Boss and Your Work Environment: Should You Stay or Go?

5Becoming a Boss

6The Social Styles Approach and Your Boss Type

7Making Time for Yourself

About the Author

To all the bosses I have worked for,

good or bad:

I have learned a great deal

from each and every one.

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Boss is a working handbook that you should keep accessible at all times. If you are having trouble with a boss or just want to improve your relationship with your boss, this handbook is a great tool for you. It will help you:

• determine what type of a boss you are dealing with (or if you categorize your boss as a combination of types, see chapter 3);

• review the dos and don’ts of each boss;

• identify the type of environment you are working in;

• make a decision on your plan of attack and establish a goal that you want to achieve;

• organize a plan of achievement focusing on your goal;

• work toward your goal, reviewing your plan regularly and