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I’m too impatient to read book introductions—why waste time reading about what I’m about to read? Why not just cut to the chase and get to the meat of the matter? I’m sure I’ve missed some important information in these books because of my carnivorous reading style, but because I can’t stand to wade through lengthy introductions, I’m going to make this short.

You’re reading this book because you

 Manage someone who is abrasive

 Work with someone who is abrasive

 Work for someone who is abrasive

In other words, you are the superior, peer, or subordinate of an abrasive manager. You are tired, frustrated, and distressed. You have either tried everything you can think of to tame the abrasive manager’s aggressive behavior, to no avail, or you are too afraid to try anything, for fear of what could happen. This book is written for you.

You already know a few things about abrasive managers (or abrasive bosses, as I refer to them in this book) from your own experience. You know that they’re usually blind to their destructive impact on coworkers (‘‘they just don’t get it—they just don’t see’’), and if they do see, they don’t seem to care.

To have any hope of taming an abrasive boss, you need to know why these bosses do what they do and what you can (and can’t) do about it. With the help of this book, which is based on my years of research with abrasive bosses and their coworkers, you’ll learn how to make them see the damage they inflict and how to make them care enough to rein in their aggressive behavior. Now, let’s cut to the chase. . .