There are two types of managers.
There are managers who listen
and managers who don’t.
Managers who don’t listen
will likely never listen.
It doesn’t matter how loud you are
or how long you talk
or how clever or right you are.
They aren’t going to listen.
The best way to deal with
a manager who doesn’t listen
is to get all her crazy requests in writing
(good to do for all managers),
keep your misgivings to yourself
and do whatever she asks you to do.
Don’t worry.
You won’t have to pull these nutbar moves for long.
Managers who don’t listen
tend to make big, big mistakes.
She’ll then have to quickly move
from that position of authority
(because none of her staff will save her a$$)
and soon she’ll be someone else’s problem.
Of course, if you’re managing people
and you’ve never changed a decision
based on employee insight,
you’re one of these dreaded managers.
That means
your employees are,
right now,
patiently waiting for you to f**k up
and get your a$$ fired.
Yes, you have good reason to be paranoid.