How to Handle a Distracting Boss - Nir And Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain

ee if you can relate to Sarah.

She’s a software engineer who loves her job—except for her manager, Tom. To Tom, everything is a crisis worthy of interrupting Sara, even when she’s deeply focused on her work.

One morning, while Sarah is coding a critical feature, Tom calls and asks her to drop everything to help with an urgent report for the CMO. Sarah complies, but by the end of the day, she hasn’t dedicated much time to any of the tasks she planned to focus on.

You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: How to Handle a Distracting Boss https://www.nirandfar.com/handling-a-distracting-boss/

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