A Word of Caution: You may find the experience described in this newsletter makes for uncomfortable reading! 

Many years ago, I was working as a Business Development Director for a company called Crown Personnel.

They had recruited a new Managing Director who had promised the Chairman, that he could turn the company's fortunes around within weeks.

He said, what the company needed was a more stick than carrot management style, and he was just the man to deliver the required discipline.

So, at his first meeting with me and the other Directors, he told this story to illustrate how he was going to take the company forward.

He said: Back in the middle of the 18th century, there was a mighty Emperor who had a harem of over a thousand wives, concubines and female attendants, and he loved them all dearly.

The problem was, they would never pay a blind bit of notice to anything he said, and this was becoming an embarrassment to the Emperor, especially when he had guests.

You see, it was the custom back then for the king's wives to put on a dance show for the emperor's guests, but his wives and concubines blatantly refused even to show their faces.

Then one day he had this brainwave, he said; I know what I will do, I will consult the General of my army. 

He is in charge of thousands of valiant warriors who are obedient to his every word. 

I will ask him how he can keep his soldiers in check.

So he summoned his General and explained to him the issues he was having with all his harems and asked for a solution to his problem.

The General responded, saying that there was an easy solution to the problem that would take less than ten-minutes to fix. 

His wives would become as obedient as his soldiers are to him; you just need to show some decisive leadership.

The Emperor said well, that's great. 

I have a feast lined up next week and I want to put on a good show for a change, as last year I was a laughing stock of my entire empire.

The General said, 'I can do it, but you might not like my methods for resolving this Problem'. 

The Emperor said I don't care, do what you have to, I just need my wives to put on a good show.

So the General said, "Okay, I will need to see all the women now." 

So in the palace grounds, he went with the General to his harem's quarters, and he said to the Emperor to ask all his wives, concubines and female attendants to form an orderly queue.

Well, as soon as he gave the order, they all just continued doing what they were doing as though the Emperor hadn't said a word.

So the Emperor said: 'Well, now over to you, let's see how you do it.'

So the General went into the middle of the room and said: I am only going to give you one warning, and one only. 

Can you all form an orderly queue in front of the Emperor? 

Well, they all just fell about laughing.

Then the General turned to the Emperor and asked, "Are any of these women the main leader, effectively in charge?" 

He replied, "Yes, my first wife, the Queen Mother."

So the General called two of his soldiers from outside into the palace and then told them to take the queen and, in front of the others, behead her.

And without any hesitation whatsoever, before the Emperor could say anything, the queen lay dead on the ground.

The General then instructed the women to line up in front of the Emperor, and within five minutes, an orderly queue formed in front of the grief-stricken Emperor.

Coming back to my meeting with the new Managing Director, I'm thinking why on earth is he telling us this morbid story?

Then he continued: From now on, I want to see month-on-month growth in your sales figures, and I am only going to give you one warning and one only and then heads will roll. 

Can you believe this guy!

Many entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, freelancers, independent contractors, small business owners, and other self-employed folk start their own business because of having to put up with people like this buffoon. 

Bad bosses come in a surprising variety of shapes: The Slave Drive, Micromanager, Captain Control, The Tyrant, The Never-Enough-Never-Right, The Manipulator, even the Story Telling Dictator...

So what do you do if you have a bad boss and don't want to quit, or cannot quit? 

Here are a few ideas:

Do your best. Nothing succeeds like success. 

Hopefully, your boss will come to realise your true value and not want to lose you, or maybe other people in the business notice your commitment. 

Either way, you will keep your job and some of your sanity if you don't sink to the boss's level.

Document. Make sure you keep a log of inappropriate comments and actions; you never know when it might come in handy, in a wrongful dismissal case, for instance. 

Similarly, document your work and what you do right.

Last, but not least, become Self-employed and start your own business. 

The best answer of all!

 And having your very own home-based recruitment agency, maybe the answer you have been looking for...

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I look forward to hearing from you.

Warm regards

Joel Brandis Davis FREC

(t/a Rec Revolution)