Monday, March 1, 2004 Issue 1   VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1   HOME CONTENTS What is Thinking Aloud? The Three Wise Women? Celebrate International Women's Day WorldWIT partners with WIPP! Let's Bash Working Moms Part MCMXVII Ask Liz Boss From Hell WorldWIT's founder Liz Ryan has made several TV and radio appearances talking about tips for dealing with difficult bosses.  Click on Full Story for her top three recommendations on how to deal with the "Boss from hell." [FULL STORY]   Boss From Hell If you haven't yet read Joyce Scott's column, "Tame the Boss from Hell", you can see it here: http://www.worldwit.org/guest_columns/joyce_bfh_020104.html.  The BFH must be the theme this month because WorldWIT's founder Liz Ryan has made a bunch of TV and radio appearances talking about tips for dealing with difficult bosses.  Here are her top three: 1.  Consider the source.  What makes a boss evil and petty?  Poor self-esteem, most likely.  People who treat other people badly typically don't feel very good about themselves.  A little tolerance can go a long way. 2.  Use humor to deflect sarcastic and patronizing comments.  If your boss says, "I don't know why I hired you in the first place!" you smile and say, "Don't worry you'll never make that mistake again."  Translation: your bluster isn't going to intimidate me, and I can (gently and with good humor) give as good as I get. 3.  Don't undermine the boss.  It's satisfying in a primitive way to make your boss look bad, but it doesn't become you. Stick to the high road and when the company eventually realizes this manager is a turkey, you'll be in a great spot to gain more responsibility. [PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION] LETTERS There are no letters for this article. To post your own letter, click Post Letter. [POST LETTER] Copyright © 2004 WorldWIT, Inc.. All rights reserved. Thinking Aloud is the weekly newsletter from WorldWIT, the global email discussion network for women in business and technology. Thirty thousand accomplished and resourceful women share business, technical, career, financial and 'life' advice on connected local email discussion groups like AustinWIT, BangaloreWIT and VancouverWIT. Join a free, friendly, moderated WorldWIT discussion group in your area at http://www.worldwit.org Write to us at info@worldwit.org WorldWIT uses IMN to create and publish Thinking Aloud. Go to http://worldwit.imakenews.com/worldwit_page.asp to see sample newsletters, templates, and sign up now for your free 30 day trial. PASS THIS ON TO A FRIEND

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