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How to Work for an Idiot, Revised and Expanded with More Idiots, More Insanity, and More Incompetency: Survive and Thrive Without Killing Your Boss

by John Hoover

Workplace frustration, turned inward

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Workplace frustration, turned inward

John Hoover frames workplace incompetence as a two-way problem: employees may struggle with clueless management, while also needing to examine their own habits and assumptions. Presented as the reflections of a self-described “recovering Idiot Boss,” the book combines office-management advice with comic self-critique. Its revised edition also considers how technology can spread workplace cluelessness and how people might protect themselves while keeping their own “inner idiot” in check. The central tension is practical as well as personal: distinguishing difficult bosses from other kinds of difficult colleagues, and recognizing the limits of trying to change them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People seeking advice on navigating challenging workplace relationships.
  • Readers interested in office management through a humorous, self-reflective lens.
  • Managers open to examining their own role in workplace problems.

Themes

Workplace relationshipsManagement and incompetenceSelf-awarenessTechnology in the workplace

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Book overview

"Anyone who has to work should read How to Work for an Idiot."
--USA Today

"There is no question that How to Work for an Idiot is a subversive book. People will pick it up expecting a tasty blend of commiseration and advice. They will put it down thinking, to paraphrase the famous line from the cartoon character Pogo, 'We have met the idiot, and he is us.'"
--The New York Times

Was it a typo when a CEO mandated that the organization "institutionalize incompetents"? If not, how did the company wind up institutionalizing incompetence instead?

How to Work for an Idiot is still the confessions of a recovering Idiot Boss. After decades of writing and consulting, Dr. Hoover finally realized that many of the people he kept trying to energize and enlighten were, well, idiots. More importantly, he was an idiot for thinking he could change them.

This edition of How to Work for an Idiot is bigger and better--and filled with even more idiots than before. The same technology that has enabled cluelessness from the corner office to go viral can help you protect yourself and keep your inner idiot in check. Yes, the book goes that deep.

Not every boss is an idiot, and not every idiot is a boss. Let Dr. Hoover help you find the wisdom to know the difference.

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