Synopsis
Drawing on hundreds of candid interviews, this wildly funny survival kit examines the five faces of the managerial monster—from the raging bully to the sniveling paranoid—and offers life-saving strategies for spotting, serving, surviving and even profiting from them.
Library Journal
Bing, who writes Esquire magazine's ``Executive Summary'' column, analyzes a slice of corporate culture gone mad--the interpersonal dynamics of working with a crazy boss. He first describes the process of a typical initiate entering the corporate world with a general set of perceptions which may be out of sync with the underlying mechanisms that govern the behavior of corporate players. Through the use of anecdotes generalized to portray recurring themes, Bing describes the various kinds of crazy bosses: the boss with the five brains, the bully, the paranoid boss, the narcissist, the ``bureaucrazy,'' and the disaster hunter. Chapter subheadings range from clever to cutesy, making it difficult to refer back to particular sections of his discussion. However, Bing ends each chapter with concrete strategies to cope with each type of crazy boss. Recommended for general business collections.-- Todd Yaeger, West Virginia Univ. Lib., Morgantown