Lately I have been on a business psychology kick for some reason. I think it stems from a question a friend asked me on whether I thought that his employees believed he was a good boss or not. I had a lot of trouble quantifying what made a good boss.

In search of criteria I came across How to Win Friends and Influence People. The book was first published by Dale Carnegie in 1937 and has sold more than 15 million copies and was on the New York Time's best sellers list for 10 years. I of course bought the book from Audible and have now listened to it twice and highly recommend it. I don't agree with the author on every point and believe if you were to implement his suggestions you would have to do it with sincerity otherwise they would get you in a lot of trouble. What he has to say is definitely worth the time though. If you did not implement his suggestions, at least you would have a better idea of when someone was using them on you.

I just read an article in the New York Times that fits this post as well: Good Boss, Bad Boss, Which are You?