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45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy, September 26, 2010
This review is from: 45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy--And How to Avoid Them (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a great book. Written by a journalist with useful experience including a garbled recording of Richard Nixon.
The book is entertaining and useful. I checked it out from the library, renewed it several times, paid fines and finally just bought it.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Don't Go to Work Without This Book, February 6, 2007
This review is from: 45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy--And How to Avoid Them (Mass Market Paperback)
In Anita Bruzzese's syndicated column "On the Job," and in her numerous magazine articles, readers have become accustomed to her invigorating writing style, with these prominent characteristics:
--Clear, simple yet colorful language
--True relevant incidents that illustrate her points
--Tasteful wit, not overcooked
--Practical steps for solving every problem she identifies
Without fail, Bruzzese scratches readers where they itch. In fact, hers is not armchair counsel. "I work for a living," she explains in this book's Introduction, "and have since I was fifteen." Beyond her own experience, she draws on the hundreds of letters she receives from readers, and "hundreds of interviews I have done with company managers and career experts." Her conclusion: "Something is seriously wrong here, folks."
In 45 Things You Do, Bruzzese spotlights what's wrong--what we do, or don't do, on the job and even off duty that jeopardizes our standing with the boss, and frequently annoys our work associates as well. Office romance, enjoying the office holiday season party too much, inappopriate clothing, gossiping, crying at work--nothing offensive escapes her sleuthing eye. In every case, fortunately, she tells us how to eliminate toxic behavior from our professional life.
I wish this very helpful book had been available when I started my twenty-three year management career. I would have benefited two ways.
First, I would have avoided stupid blunders of my own that angered my bosses and threatened my career. The unfortunate part was that I didn't consider my behavior risky, much less out of bounds. Yet with each careless act, my bosses must have moved me into the "do not promote" category.
Second, I would have made this book required reading for every person I supervised, so they would ease my mind and improve their performance dramatically. Now that I serve as a consultant and coach for top-level corporations, I will recommend 45 Things You Do to my clients. They will thank me, and will praise Anita Bruzzese for her terrific practical guidelines.
As I titled this review, Don't Go to Work Without This Book. And once you have read it, distribute copies to your colleagues. Soon, your boss won't be angry, your place of business will enjoy more harmony, and productivity will increase markedly.
--Bill Lampton, author of The Complete Communicator:
Change Your Communication, Change Your Life!
President, Championship Communication.The Complete Communicator: Change Your Communication-change Your Life!
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