Jennifer Selby Long

He also made sure he paid more attention to having accurate data about his performance in writing, which did prove to be helpful later. And please don't become ultra paranoid. Please don't stop trying to build a positive working relationship. Even in this situation, it is still good to try to build a positive working relationship.

He also made sure he paid more attention to having accurate data about his performance in writing, which did prove to be helpful later. And please don't become ultra paranoid. Please don't stop trying to build a positive working relationship. Even in this situation, it is still good to try to build a positive working relationship.

A couple more consider multiple ways to deal with the situation, right? Is the ineffectiveness entrenched? Or is the boss just having a bumpy transition? Look at options like going out of your way to ensure that the team achieves its goals while the boss gets up to speed on new responsibilities. Or if there's something that you recognize, the boss is always going to be ineffective at this part.

A couple more consider multiple ways to deal with the situation, right? Is the ineffectiveness entrenched? Or is the boss just having a bumpy transition? Look at options like going out of your way to ensure that the team achieves its goals while the boss gets up to speed on new responsibilities. Or if there's something that you recognize, the boss is always going to be ineffective at this part.

Offer to help out in an area that your boss doesn't enjoy and doesn't do well. I had one client who's great at team building, initiated team building outing. This boss just isn't good at that. I had another one who is great, has an eagle eye on a project plan, just offer to validate that project plan because she could see she's always going to be better at it than the boss. And then...

Offer to help out in an area that your boss doesn't enjoy and doesn't do well. I had one client who's great at team building, initiated team building outing. This boss just isn't good at that. I had another one who is great, has an eagle eye on a project plan, just offer to validate that project plan because she could see she's always going to be better at it than the boss. And then...

honestly this one's a little touchy but honestly ask yourself is it that the boss is completely ineffective or are you resisting adapting to a change that the boss is implementing so gosh it's painful to admit right that it might be that the strategy is sound but you hate it or you just don't buy into the direction

honestly this one's a little touchy but honestly ask yourself is it that the boss is completely ineffective or are you resisting adapting to a change that the boss is implementing so gosh it's painful to admit right that it might be that the strategy is sound but you hate it or you just don't buy into the direction

And if that's the case, at least you're recognizing you're resisting adapting to this change. You don't wanna go along with it. And so in that situation, you have a choice. You can either say, you know what? I'm gonna voice my concerns. And I'm going to commit to making it successful for as long as I'm here because that's my job. That's what I'm here to do, right?

And if that's the case, at least you're recognizing you're resisting adapting to this change. You don't wanna go along with it. And so in that situation, you have a choice. You can either say, you know what? I'm gonna voice my concerns. And I'm going to commit to making it successful for as long as I'm here because that's my job. That's what I'm here to do, right?

Or you're going to decide from a healthier, more grounded place. This change just isn't for you and you are going to leave. And maybe that's when you are going to go to build that business. But you're going to do it in a way that is very positive and constructive for those people around you and for yourself.

Or you're going to decide from a healthier, more grounded place. This change just isn't for you and you are going to leave. And maybe that's when you are going to go to build that business. But you're going to do it in a way that is very positive and constructive for those people around you and for yourself.

Because you'll have made a more intentional, informed choice rather than a choice that's driven by unexamined and unconscious feelings. That's when you wind up just working for a different flavor of a bad boss. Does that help?

Because you'll have made a more intentional, informed choice rather than a choice that's driven by unexamined and unconscious feelings. That's when you wind up just working for a different flavor of a bad boss. Does that help?

Absolutely. Politics can exist for a couple of different reasons. And I think it's important to recognize which of those situations you're in. So politics can exist for extremely unhealthy reasons in all seriousness, because you have a leader at the top who quite literally has a personality disorder.

Absolutely. Politics can exist for a couple of different reasons. And I think it's important to recognize which of those situations you're in. So politics can exist for extremely unhealthy reasons in all seriousness, because you have a leader at the top who quite literally has a personality disorder.

Now, people who suffer from that problem often aren't aware that they're suffering from it, but also do not respond to coaching. And the politics that they drive are from a whole different place. And it is going to be extremely difficult in that environment to manage your way through the politics and to drive change.

Now, people who suffer from that problem often aren't aware that they're suffering from it, but also do not respond to coaching. And the politics that they drive are from a whole different place. And it is going to be extremely difficult in that environment to manage your way through the politics and to drive change.

And that is one whole animal that is just beyond the scope, I think, of what we could cover in this particular episode of the podcast. But the other driver, which I find much, much more common, is that politics exists because people have different needs. And because people have different skill levels.

And that is one whole animal that is just beyond the scope, I think, of what we could cover in this particular episode of the podcast. But the other driver, which I find much, much more common, is that politics exists because people have different needs. And because people have different skill levels.