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Hi,

Not sure if this is in the right area as it seems to fit a couple, but here goes.
Recently our company has had a bit of an upheaval and my old Manager left very suddenly. Now, we've got a new manager in for a few months until we find someone else. Until I met the new manager, I thought the term "Seagull Management" was a bit of an overexaggerated joke, but now I'm faced with someone who's picture could practically be in the dictionary next to the term.

This person seems to be overinflated with their own sense of importance, and has the 'my way or the highway attitude', with no regard, to work already completed or in progress. After only two weeks with our company, our whole department is doing our best to avoid the manager wherever possible (including other managers). During our encounters, I always try to stay calm, focused, listen carefully and breathe, however afterwards I feel so angry or frustrated it's physically making me ill. I've never before encountered a person who has so little regard for the people they work with and the way things were done before they showed up. Whilst some new ideas have been bought to the table, no concern is shown for our previous environment/culture. It's really hard to get across exactly how this person is without examples, but I really don't want to go on forever.

My questions are:
1) What are some (constructive) ways I can handle this situation?
2) Without coming right out and saying "Hey, you're a {insert swear word of choice here}", is there something I can do to improve this person's behaviour towards the rest of us who have to deal with it?

I'm on a contract which is due soon and it's the manager's decision to renew or not, so I need to be able to rise above/look past this and keep my job! I'd appreciate any advice.

Thanks in Advance!