5 Bad Bosses (and How to Handle Them)
Developing a good relationship with your manager might be the single most important move you can make at your job. At the most basic level, your boss is the key to your next promotion or raise. A good manager will help you excel on the job, and pave the way for your next career step; a bad boss can cause your 9-to-5 to feel like (or actually become) a 9-to-9 -- draining your motivation, damaging your emotional well-being and torpedoing your performance. CBSMoneyWatch.com: • Six-Figure Jobs that Don't Take an MD • 4 Big LinkedIn Mistakes You're Probably Making • Disappearing Jobs: 10 High-Paying Careers With No Future The trick with a bad boss is to learn how to manage up, wresting back control of your career by creating a more positive work climate. "The key is to understand the motivation behind your boss's behavior -- good, bad or indifferent. Once you understand that, you'll have clues as to how to deal with him," says Vivian Scott, author of "Confli...