A "word ladder" is an activity where one letter in a word is changed to form a new word. You change one letter at a time until you have a new word. See if you can go from Hired HAND to BOSS. 

(An Example: Change Cow into a Pig)

Problem     Solution

P I G             P I G

_ _ _             P I T

_ _ _             P O T

_ _ _            P O W

C O W         C O W