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What to Do When You’re Stuck Between Your Boss and Your Boss’s Boss

Harvard Business Review

Should you align yourself with the person who has the most influence over your job and career? “It’s like when you were a kid and your parents would fight,” says Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.

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One Out of Every Two Managers Is Terrible at Accountability

Harvard Business Review

It holds up for C-level executives compared to directors and middle managers. What he meant was that in the 1980s American managers became obsessed with managing their popularity, and were more concerned with greasing the skids, avoiding tough conversations, and maintaining a favorable image.