e068 Intolerable Bosses - The Angry Boss

Almost any boss can be angry from time to time, but when your boss is consistently angry, your job can become pretty intolerable. This week on Intolerable Bosses, we expose the Angry Boss and explore how you can survive!


Just like Peter Parker’s Boss on the old Spiderman cartoons, an Angry Boss can be characterized by looking unprofessional, operating in incivility, doing it consistently and hurting others to cover up their own fear. These are behaviours that they have learned, unfortunately, you might be one of the unfortunate ones that have to work for them.


What options do employees have to survive an Angry Boss? On this episode, Certified Executive Coach Terry Lipovski offer 7 great suggestions to survive and thrive, even if you happen to work for J. Jonah Jameson.

Pro Tips to Survive an Angry Boss
1. Resist Knee Jerk Reactions and use the STOP Acronym
2. Listen. 
3. Acknowledge your boss
4. Rephrase. 
5. Apologize, if appropriate.
6. Offer to help. 
7. Get Help or Get Out if it get’s toxic.


Want all the lovely details for each of these tips? Listen to this episode now!.


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