SO, YOUR BOSS LIES. HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT

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Bosses can create plenty of problems. Sometimes they’re mean, sometimes they micromanage, and sometimes, they refuse to manage at all. 

But finding out your boss lies takes a strained employee-manager relationship to another level. Once that trust is eroded, it becomes hard to follow your boss’ direction, wondering if he or she is taking you down the right path or leading you astray. Everything that comes out of his or her mouth becomes questionable—information about the company’s status, promises of raises or new projects, and even affirmation for your good work suddenly seems questionable. And that makes it extremely difficult to do your job effectively. 

So what happens when you catch your boss in a lie—or several? 

For me, having a manager who lied wasn’t so much an issue of figuring out how to make him or her stop. Lying usually isn’t something you can simply manage out of someone. And so, it became more about reconciling with myself if I could continue working for a boss I didn’t fully trust. 

To do that, I asked myself a couple key questions that helped me get down to the root of the issue and decide how I should move forward.  

• How Does it Impact You and Those Around You? 
• Does your boss lie to conceal his or her own short-comings? 
• Is your Boss  manipulative, weak, incompetent, dishonest, unfair? 
• When things go wrong, does your boss lie to shift the blame?  

Why do Bosses Lie?  

• People tell lies because lies are a fast, cheap shortcut to a goal.   
• Most of us lie or exaggerate in trivial ways - to make a story more interesting or to gain sympathy from a friend, and the consequences are generally harmless. 
• But when bosses lie, the stakes can be very high. Daily misery, low morale, stress, absenteeism, illness, redundancy and poverty can all result. 

What do your boss's lies tell you about them? When you understand their drivers you can use those very drivers to leverage a better outcome for you.  

What Now?   

You came here because your boss is giving you a problem. Do you want to keep living with things the way they are? Do you have another plan? You can be relaxed and enjoying your at work again. This book is your solution.