BAD BOSS - GOOD BOSS

TOP WORK ADVICE arrived this week courtesy of the Trump administration. If you need to manage a temperamental boss, hide difficult news.

Not metaphorically, but literally. Shove it in a drawer, a cupboard, drizzle it in chocolate sauce and eat it if you must. Just get it out of sight.

This example of boss containment, - or bosscon, for short - was revealed by the journalist Bob Woodward in his new book, Fear : Trump in the White House.

In the book the journalist describes Gary Chin, the former US chief economic adviser, removing a letter from President Donald Trump's desk, a tactic apparently deployed by others to prevent international trade and security meltdowns.

''I wouldn't let him see it,'' Mr. Cohn allegedly said. ''He's never going to see that document. Got to protect the country.''

The bosscon strategy was reiterated in this week's New York Times opinion article written by anonymous White House official. Senior Staff in Mr. Trump's administration, it said are ''working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.''

Bosscon is little-discussed, so many management books are are preoccupied by leadership.

Hiding documents to prevent an international meltdown is extreme, but such skulduggery by underlings is not unusual.

One friend advises a strict obfuscation policy. Otherwise her meddlesome boss interferes unnecessarily. ''Sometimes it's easier to crack on without his input,'' she confides.

ACCORDING to Bob Sutton, Stanford University's professor of management and author of Bad Boss Good Boss :

''Smart underlings......ignore dumb orders..........lie to their bosses and say that things have been that have not been done and they withhold bad news''.

The honor and serving latest operational research on *Bad Bosses and Good Bosses* continues. The World Students Society thanks author and researcher Emma Jacobs.