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Featured Review: The Boss Benchmark: 35 Ways You Can Finally Reach It by Allison O'Neill
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In the world of self-help books for bosses, there are few that employees can comfortably give their leaders and managers and not come off as pleading for change. The Boss Benchmark is one in this niche.
With an international flair – author Allison O'Neill is based in New Zealand – the workplace consultant divides her 35 tips into six areas. These areas cover things like "What you need to wake up about" and "What it is your job to change." With wire binding allowing pages to lay flat and a small size (about that of a CD), the work is indeed friendly to bosses who don't have a lot of space. The length is also conducive to their limited time.
The anecdotes O'Neill shares, culled from years of being inside both dysfunctional and highly competent work environments, provide both points of inspiration and best practices to follow, and a good overview of situations to avoid. For instance, don't solicit employees' feedback while hosting a mock happy hour.