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5 Things Only a Terrible Boss Can Teach You

5 Things Only a Terrible Boss Can Teach You

Update: 2025-09-30
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Have you ever had a bad boss? It's painful, but also kind of useful. Because every nightmare manager is basically handing you a playbook of what not to do. And if you pay attention, those horror stories can turn into leadership lessons. Mita Mallick offers such lessons in her new book The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses.


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