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

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- When I worked for the business school at Bournemouth University, I was really enjoying the lecturing, and that was all great. And I had a boss, a very nice boss, actually, who asked me at my appraisal if I would improve links with French universities. And I remember thinking, "I have no idea how you do that." And I was sort of a bit anxious about the idea of phoning up French universities, probably trying to speak French. And so I just thought, I said to him, "Yes, yes, I'll do that," and then I just didn't do it. And I just hoped he would forget. And I remember passing him in the corridor a few times, and thinking, "Oh, don't ask about the universities," and he didn't, so that was great. I thought I'd got away with it. In fact, my appraisal a year later came and went. There was no mention of improving links with French universities. And then suddenly, after about a year and a half, he said to me, "Did you ever do "the links with the French universities, Chris?" And I went, "Oh, no,…

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