Don't be fooled; just because there is a hierarchy at your place of work, it doesn't mean that smarts and professionalism are apportioned according to the pyramid. The guy on top likely isn't the smartest or most capable - he probably has the largest teeth and nicest hair of his crop of MBA graduates, but not much else. And your boss isn't necessarily the best and brightest - it's more likely that their plodding, consistent traits are favored by upper management, over your annoying insistence on constantly having original thoughts. So you need to get out in front of this potentially career-ending issue, causing you to leave your cubicle for fairer pastures many weeks, even months before you had originally planned to bail out in a huff, escorted by the Maintenance Engineer. You have to manage your boss, or your boss will (shudder) manage you. Here are some tips: 1) Always Take Notes. Even (Especially!) in Private Conversations Your boss will, at first,...
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