JOB LABELS
Tired of time-worn designations? Try these:
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Chief Worrying Officer: Normally, the CFO who is worried sick about legal compliance in all areas of business.
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Chief Listening Officer: A VP-HR who is always ready with a bucket and towel to help employees facing emotional distress.
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Chief Results Officer: The CEO who believes that ends justify all means.
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Chief Dreams Officer: The R&D Head who keeps dreaming of new products and businesses.
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Chief Ethics Officer: Keeps a strict eye on fraudulent behavior anywhere in the organization.
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
Quite a few bosses have an innate ability to be able to think in four dimensions at the same time – viz., the length and breadth of a problem, its depth and also how it may unfold over a period of time. If your boss is not a specimen from this tribe, and if he happens to jump to conclusions without evaluating all the other dimensions of an issue at hand, one can only wish you the very best in your career.
If reporting to such a boss (God forbid!), each day you will be having a roller coaster ride, much like NASDAQ/Sensex, linked to the vagaries and uncertainty of the mood of the “market” at any given point in time. In one such company where I had the good fortune to work (great learning opportunity, if I may say so), public shouting at subordinates was the order of the day. One day, a very sullen looking junior walked into my office. When I asked him the reason for his sadness, he said he was missing the daily “quota” of shouting from the boss that day!
ashokbhatia 
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