William Lundin (lundinb@cni-usa.com) and his partner and wife, Kathleen Lundin, have trained managers for companies such as Ameritech and Saturn. The Lundins are the authors of When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses: How to Survive in a Crazy and Dysfunctional Workplace (McGraw-Hill, 1998).
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Naperville, Illinois
One pitfall in managing your boss is to see it as a game that needs to be strategized and won. Don't spend time concocting paths to outsmart or maneuver around your boss. And trying to make your boss change is like tilting at windmills. It's futile. The best strategy is simple: Make yourself indispensable. That way, your boss will come to you for assistance and advice. Then you don't have to worry about working around him -- because he's working with you.
Roger Fritz has worked as an educator, a manager, a corporate executive, and a university president and is the author of 32 books. He is now a consultant in the field of change. His clients include such companies as AT&T, IBM, Caterpillar, and Motorola.
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