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Jerks at Work
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Jerks at Work

How to Deal with People Problems and Problem People

Career Press, 1999 more...

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Editorial Rating

6

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Recommendation

Finally, a book that honestly identifies and analyzes that prolific workplace species - the jerk. Organized by situation and topic, Jerks at Work presents the answers to at least 200 jerk-related questions from real-life readers that were originally published in author Ken Lloyd’s syndicated On the Job column. The book is psychologically sound, excruciatingly direct, extremely funny and, above all, actually helpful. Lloyd does a splendid job of covering all the bases and every kind of jerk, from the boardroom to the mailroom. getAbstract highly recommends this book to everyone, because every company has at least one jerk.

Take-Aways

  • Jerks can be found in all companies at all levels.
  • Some managers are jerks because they take an authoritarian approach.
  • Some managers are jerks because they aren’t responsive.

About the Author

Kenneth L. Lloyd, Ph.D., is an organizational development consultant who works with a wide range of companies in organizational design, change and communication. He has authored several books, and his nationally syndicated workplace advice column, On the Job appears in newspapers across the United States and Canada.


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    S. C. 1 decade ago
    I like the conclusion that reminds us to also check ourselves, so we don't exhibit the same jerk behaviors we just read about.
    This is like when you're pointing a finger on someone, you're actually pointing 3 fingers at yourself
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    R. B. 1 decade ago
    sooo good to put this workplaçe felón on trial at last