ME Lawrence

If anyone has any stories about crappy managers, could they send them to me. Anonymously of course. I want to put them on my blog which is on my website on www.margotlawrence.com Thanks

CRAP MANAGERS is now on sale in Chener Books in Lordship Lane. Another manager joke from www.funnyshit.com.au:A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy". "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree. Management Lesson: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Shrooms ha ha - never heard that.

I was made aware of an interesting new concept in management by a friend of mine ? that of the ?needy? manager. She sent me an article by Oliver Burkeman entitled ?The theory of the hairy arm: the tactical benefits of making deliberate mistakes? which appeared in the Guardian magazine. It talks about managers who need their employees to make mistakes so they can correct them and feel useful or they create unnecessary work for their underlings to feel needed. Burkeman says: ?It's no surprise that this neediness should be felt most acutely among managers whose roles are to coordinate the work of others.?

Haha - good question, KalamityKel.You could still be a genuinely good manager - there are some around.

I totally agree with your description of a good manager. Unfortunately there are not many of them around with those qualities. As you say the crappy ones think they are like that, because they are so deluded.

CRAP MANAGERS and how to survive them is my new book about dealing with horrible managers at work. It is a light-hearted satirical look at all the types of managers and how we survive them. Everybody I know has had the unpleasant experience of a manager that has made their working life hell, which is why I wrote the book. Have a good laugh while you read about Hamish the health and safety manager or Mags the nit-picking micro-manager. You'll feel better knowing that other people are going through the same thing at work and all the managers are based on ones with whom I have had the misfortune to work. CRAP MANGERS is available at local bookshops (Rye Books and others as well as Amazon in both kindle and print versions).