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Spot the animal in your boss!

Most professionals today spend their waking hours at work or in activities related to work. Invariably, your relation with the boss is a critical factor in defining the work experience, says Manjiri Gokhale Joshi. In her third book, Bosses of the Wild, Manjiri has likened boss personality types to 10 animals, providing insights into their behaviour. Ambika Shaligram finds out more Why did you choose to write about boss-employee relationship and use the analogy of animals to explain personality traits? Well, I have worked in different fields. I began my career as a print journalist, then moved on to e-learning and IT. What I have learnt is that even if the workplace has a good system, the technology used is advanced, state-of-the art, all this comes to naught if there is people conflict. The boss types are similar in almost all fields and so are the employees. There is conflict if both the parties have different expectations from each other. The key is to manage the expectations, kn