In business, people are always b&ll$h|tting – subordinates to superiors, suppliers to customers, etc. The ability to do this can make you a certified bada$$ butt-kicking tough-guy manager almost by itself. A skilled manager can read BS in people’s faces and body language. In fact, if you can do this, you are certainly on a fast track to an upper management position. If you can’t read people’s faces, you still want them to think you can, so be sure to mention it once in a while, possibly as an opening statement at a meeting, making sure that everyone under you knows you are watching and are good at sorting the BS from the realities. (more…)
