Boss' “pet” disheartens co-workers
By Ilana Debare
January 1999

Regina Hoffman, Ph.D. Senior Consultant Executive Coaching Division of Valerie Frederickson & Company provides advice to co-workers whose work group is being upset by the “Boss’ Pet.

“Get together, identify the unacceptable behavior, and come up with a common response that everyone will use,'' said Hoffman, a senior consultant with Valerie Frederickson & Co. in Menlo Park. “It could be something along the lines of, ‘When I'm asked to do work in that tone of voice, it goes to the bottom of my to-do pile. What I need is to be asked in a tone of respect and courtesy.’