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A letter of hope for self-absorbed bosses

Lead Change Blog

Three stories of individual and/or group anguish, trauma, frustration, annoyance, confusion and heartbreak caused by narcissistic control-freak bosses. Bosses of this self-absorbed ilk aren’t self-aware or open to feedback, so no amount of pixie dust will help them listen despite how much we have [.].

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How A Glass Half Full Helped Me (And Can Help You Too)

Terry Starbucker

I’m afraid we’re going to have to let you go”. All that promise, all that possibility, was now gone. After 12 years of a relatively charmed professional life, reality set in with a vengeance. How I dealt with this reality formed the basis of an entirely new approach to my career, and to my life. But fate intervened in a very strange way.

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Getting Smarter about Google's "Brain Drain"

Harvard Business Review

Of course, there's a broader question behind the comings and goings at Google: Has the most exciting startup of the last two decades become just another big company, and if that's the case, how can any big company hope to hold on to its top talent?