I just posted a whopper – about 5,000 words, all on identifying bad boss behavior and developing an action-plan to deal with him or her. I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful.

If you have this particular situation in your life, I am sympathetic. I have had to deal with this personally, several times over the course of my career. And in my profession, this is all too often, a valid complaint from employees. Some 37% of employees surveyed in one study said their bosses did not give them credit. 27% said that the boss talked badly about them behind their back.

While there are tyrants and tin pot dictators out there in the workplace, keep in mind that there is a little saint in every sinner and a little sinner in every saint. Sometimes the bad boss doesn’t know that they are pushing your buttons and creating terrible morale. Other times you may have a mostly decent boss, but they engage in just one or two of these non-prosperish behaviors.

Check out the article for tips on how to deal with this troublesome obstacle to prosperity and show your friend.