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Subject:bosses that won't shout (was Beaten by the mob) From:"Amit Kapoor" <amitkapoor -at- pramati -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 11 Jan 2003 15:38:45 +0530
ummm..
just a thought..
how'd u deal with bosses that won't shout at all.. ;)
happy weekend.. :)
Amit.
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From: Jean Hollis Weber <jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:30 PM
Subject: RE: Beaten by the mob
>
> Sean Hower observed,
> >It sounds like she was being bullied, and the only thing bullies respond
> >to is standing up for yourself and pushing back.
>
> Many years ago I worked for a boss who would yell at people (particularly
> new staff members) in public, berate them, the whole bullying routine. I
> found out later it was a kind of initiation rite, and the way to be
> accepted was to stand toe-to-toe with him and yell back. Even better if
> what you were yelling was that he was wrong about whatever the supposed
> topic was (and could back up your statement with references). Now I've
> never been a doormat, so I took to this yelling with gusto (and
appropriate
> authoritative references). He stomped off, but afterwards treated me as a
> (junior) colleague, quite reasonably. Other people later told me I'd done
> exactly the right thing.
>
> I'm not recommending rudeness or yelling for all situations, but sometimes
> it's *exactly* the right thing to do.
>
> Regards, Jean
> Jean Hollis Weber
> jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com
> The Technical Editors' Eyrie http://www.jeanweber.com/
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