From the course: Bad Boss: Dealing with a Difficult Manager

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Example: Removing your own freedom

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Example: Removing your own freedom

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- I was visiting a friend of mine. He runs this large company in London that does refurbishing of offices. And I was in his office, and it was actually quite hard to have a conversation with him because people kept knocking on the door and interrupting with trivial questions. And I remember, one guy came in with these two cushions, two red cushions, and said, "Which one should I use?" I'm missing his name out. He said, "Which one should I use, "for the (mumbles) job?" And my friend said, "Oh, I'd go for that one there." And the bloke went, "Oh, thanks," and off he went. And after he'd gone, I was thinking, why is that guy bringing you cushions? You're the managing director, and people are bringing you cushions to choose between. I mean, that's just mad. Now, my friend is a brilliant cushion color chooser. He's probably the best in the company. But nevertheless, he is now managing director, and he's got to move on from what he used to do. So, what should he have done? And I think he…

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