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How to Manage a Boss Who Is a Chronic Procrastinator
In this episode of The Difficult Boss Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a frustrating workplace dynamic: the boss who procrastinates on decisions, approvals, and feedback—leaving you in limbo. Using the real-world example of a product manager at a mid-sized SaaS company whose CEO kept delaying a critical feature launch, they break down why chronic procrastination happens (fear of failure, perfectionism, or overload) and offer three concrete strategies: creating a decision deadline with a default outcome, breaking requests into smaller yes/no steps, and using a 'straw man' proposal to…
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