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Bad BossesThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 4, Episode 73, Segment 1

Apr 15, 2015 • 46m

Caroline Dowd-Higgins is a coach, author, and public speaker. Her bestselling book: This Is Not The Career I Ordered showcases action steps for career reinvention. Caroline hosts the podcast series: Your Working Life and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. A new Gallup study reveals that about 50% of the 7,200 adults surveyed left a job “to get away from their manager.” We’ve all experienced times when we felt like a boss was being unfair or unreasonable. Caroline gives us tips on how to deal with a troublesome boss.

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