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Stanford B-school professor Bob Sutton's The No Asshole Rule helped readers deal with office bullies. His follow-up, Good Boss, Bad Boss, gives managers lively advice on how to avoid being "bossholes".

Perhaps your boss is a screamer. Or maybe he gets off on saying he should never, ever have hired you. Maybe it's your coworker who's always blabbing to other colleagues about the mistakes you've supposedly made on the job. If any of these situations sound familiar, you're probably dealing with a...