Who hasn’t been burned by horrible workplace behaviour? This neat little book, a manual of sorts, Impossible Bosses – Secret Strategies to Deal with 8 Archetypal Managers, focuses on ways to cope with every type of difficult superior. Based on solid psychological principles, authors Vivienne Lawack (Lawyer and Deputy Vice Chancellor at UCT), Hanlie Lizette Wessels (Executive Director) and Robert Craig (Psychologist, and Business Management Consultant) explain the hows and whys of the game. The copy is straightforward, with some sneaky humour thrown in, that provides truly laugh-out-loud moments.
IN DISCUSSION
Authors Vivienne and Hanlie met at the South African Reserve Bank in 2002 and “have been ‘friendtors’ ever since”. Between them, they have more than 50 years’ experience in corporate leadership, right up to executive level. Although the two have lived apart in different cities for 16 years, they’re long-distance friends, keeping in close contact and sharing coping mechanisms for tricky situations at work. Each has offered advice to the other, in a strongly supportive
