Unless the locals covered you in meatballs and sang “Nessun Dorma” upon arrival, this vacation could hardly be more Italian. For this is a “Vespa vacation” — a two-wheeled tour of the nooks and crannies, the winding back roads and the off-the-beaten-track hidden gems of breathtaking Umbria, a beautiful region located in Central Italy.For many job-hopping careerists, smuggling a resignation letter in their bag like a guilty secret, there are few workplace rituals so hard as saying so long.Though Lilith Fair returned from an 11-year hiatus to a very different musical landscape, it is one that Sarah McLachlan and Co. helped lay the blueprints for more than a decade ago.
▶ Toxic bosses can wreak havoc on your life ▶ Pair show you how to reclaim your relationship for a better work environment ▶ Many bosses lack training
Bad bosses can take on many different incarnations — they can be harsh critics, underminers, yellers, control freaks, discriminators — the possibilities are endless. But no matter which kind of category your boss falls under, if he or she is “bad,” then Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster will show you how to deal with it in their new book, “Working For You Isn’t Working For Me: The Ultimate Guide To Managing Your Boss.”
“We found that people often feel crazy when they’re in crazy circumstances,” Crowley says. “We want to help people identify exactly what the problem is with their boss so they can help change it.”
How to manage your manager
In their book, Crowley and Elster have written a four-step plan to help you deal with difficult workplace relationships:When you feel like you’re being attacked (or ignored) by a bad boss, you tend to become so insecure or resentful that you’re the one who ends up looking incompetent. As the authors point out, many times a boss is bad because he or she has had little training. “There is so little training in many managing positions that they don’t have the tools to oversee a staff professionally,” Elster says. “That makes the entire relationship more informal and much more personal.”
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In the July MMMpod, Young Veins talk about breaking away from Panic! at the Disco, Keith Lockhart talks about Buckwheat Zydeco throwing the Boston Pops for a loop, Zooey Deschanel talks about how Roy Orbison inspired a She & Him song, Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells talks about how awesome Funkadelic is, and we talk about how awesome Jimmy Cliff is, who in turn talks about Sam Cooke and divine intervention. An explosive show for July! Oh yeah, and we also test your knowledge of America songs in the MMMPod medley.
