Do You Drive Your Boss Crazy?

Workplace Buzz on June 6, 2007 7:35 AM

Stanley Bing, Fortune contributor, says bosses aren't the only looneys in the workplace.

In the previous issue of this magazine there was a tasty excerpt from my new book, "Crazy Bosses," which investigates the irrationality of executives and offers some solutions to their care and feeding. When I consider this matter, which possibly afflicts everyone on the planet who does not work for Warren Buffett, I find a tiny grain of sand in the oyster of my self-possession. In this small space I will attempt to transform that morsel of agitation into a pearl of wisdom.

The problem is this: For years I have been considering the bad behavior of people in positions of authority. This is not only fun but also exorcises the anger, frustration and hurt feelings that roil within each of us against our boss at one point or another. While doing so, however, I may have turned a blind eye to one of the most important causes of managerial madness: the crazy employee

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