Train Your Manager To Be a Better Boss

Work can be miserable when you and your boss don’t get along. At times, quitting may seem to be the only option.

When she was a working journalist, Jill Geisler decided she didn’t want to work for someone she remembers as a "gloriously imperfect" boss. "Picture Anthony Quinn, Vince Lombardi, and Hawkeye Pierce all rolled into one man," she says. "Volatile. Demanding. Larger than life."

Ms. Geisler, now a group leader in St. Petersburg, Fla., for the Poynter Institute, a training center for journalists, sought advice from a mentor, who counseled her to get to know her boss before making a rash career decision. Now she’s glad she did.

By Arlene S. Hirsch

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