4.Refuse to be a "yes man."Although many people try to appease an autocrat by telling him exactly what he wants to hear and following every order to the letter, "this is a huge mistake," Dufour says. Instead, "wait until you're convinced your manager is making a huge mistake" -- one that will jeopardize his own stated goals -- "or until you come up with a better idea that you truly believe in."
4.拒絕做“好好先生”。盡管許多人會對專橫的老板讓步，只挑他喜歡的話說，并且嚴格地執行他的所有命令，但杜福爾卻認為“這是一個重大錯誤” 。相反，你應該“一直等著，直到你確信，你的老板犯了一個重大錯誤”——一個將危及他的既定目標的錯誤——“或者，直到你想出一個更好的主意，并且你對此信心滿滿。”

Then, make a concise, logical case for your approach: "Emphasize the positive outcome. Focus on what your boss will get out of doing as you suggest." If you've already tried this, keep at it: "Rehearse your argument beforehand and make sure you are stating it clearly and rationally" -- and without a trace of condescension for his (alleged) lack of technical knowledge. Sometimes, of course, it's not what you say that can trip you up, it's how you say it.
然后，找出簡潔的、符合邏輯的理由來證明你的方法：“強調積極的結果。把重點放在按照你說的做他能獲得什么這一點上。”如果你已經做過類似嘗試，堅持下去：“事先預演你的論據，并且你要保證，以一種清晰、理性地方式進行陳述”——不要自以為他在技術上懂得沒你多，就表現出哪怕是一絲一毫的傲慢態度。有時候，問題并不在于你說的話，而是你說話的方式。

5.Do the tasks your boss dislikes.In general, command-and-control bosses "don't enjoy extended debate and discussion, and they aren't adept at dealing with any type of 'people problem'," Dufour observes. So consider making that your specialty (which will do no harm to your own long-term career prospects either, incidentally).
5.做老板不喜歡做的工作。杜福爾發現，總體上而言，指揮+控制型老板“不喜歡耗時太長的辯論和討論，而且他們也不擅于應付各種‘人的問題’。”所以，你可以考慮把這個變成你的專長（再說，這對你自己的長期職業發展前景也不會造成任何危害。）

Helping your boss compensate for his lack of soft skills "won't earn you thanks. In fact, he may resent your ability to do something he can't," notes Dufour. However, even autocrats are rarely so oblivious that they don't know, deep down, that ignoring "people problems" will eventually damage their own professional prospects -- and that, says Dufour, "is one thing they can't stomach."
杜福爾表示，補充老板軟技能的缺失，“不見得會讓他心存感激。實際上，由于你有能力做到他做不到的事情，他可能會對你心存嫉恨。”不過，即便是專制的老板，他們也極少會不知道，忽視“人的問題”最終會損害他們自己的職業發展前景，而杜福爾表示，這是“他們難以忍受的。”