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Authors: Ken Lloyd
ISBN-13: 9781564148520, ISBN-10: 1564148521
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Career Press, Incorporated
Date Published: October 2005
Edition: REVISED

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Author Biography: Ken Lloyd

Book Synopsis

In this updated and revised edition of Jerks at Work, popular syndicated columnist Ken Lloyd returns to grapple once again with one of America's most popular (or unpopular) workplace topics, and presents his practical, upbeat, and professionally sound as an antidote. Drawing on e-mails and letters from employees and employers across America, Dr. Lloyd presents numerous examples of some of the most outrageous classic and current workplace (mis)behaviors-past and present-along with the most powerful strategies that readers can use today to deal effectively with them.

There is no single, simple strategy that works on every Jerk. They come in many assorted flavors: your Jerk could be your boss, a coworker, your subordinate, a vendor, even customers. Just when you think you have read about the ultimate jerk at work, up pops another. Fortunately, a tailor-made strategy pops up alongside. Jerks at Work provides a wide array of strategies to deal with all the Jerks you come across. There are the time-tested, classical methods for the retro-jerks; the screamers, impractical jokers, egomaniacs, complainers, and non-stop talkers. Then there are new, state-of-the-art strategies to deal with a generation of cyber-jerks that includes bullies, jerks on cellphones, and jerks on line. Additionally, a new section, exclusive to this revised edition, covers some of the most outrageous workplace behaviors that one could ever encounter.

Inside, you'll also find these other helpful tips:
Getting insight into the causes of Jerk-like behavior;
Step-by-step programs to deal with Jerks of every persuasion;
Coping with the most outrageous Jerk behaviors ever documented;
The best ways to avoid becoming a Jerk yourself;
And much, much more!


About the Author:
Dr. Ken Lloyd is a nationally-recognized consultant, speaker, author, educator, and newspaper columnist. With specialties in organizational behavior, management development, and communication. Dr. Lloyd has consulted for companies across the U.S. and Canada, and he has spoken before numerous organizations and associations. His workplace advice column (New York Times Syndicate) appears in newspapers across the U.S., and he often teaches in the M.B.A. Program at the Anderson School of Management at U.C.L.A. He is a frequent talk-radio guest, and he had made many televised guest appearances, including workplace segments on Good Morning America, CNN, KABC, and FOX Morning News.

Table of Contents

Introduction13
Chapter 1Preemployment Problems15
Chapter 2New Employee on the Block31
Chapter 3Bothered by Bullying Bosses45
Chapter 4Managers Who Still Don't Get It61
Chapter 5Employees Who Still Don't Get It83
Chapter 6Subordinates Who Still Don't Get It101
Chapter 7Mismanagement Versus Missing Management113
Chapter 8Who's in Charge?123
Chapter 9In All Fairness135
Chapter 10The Feedback Backlash145
Chapter 11With Friends Like These157
Chapter 12Pros and Conflicts169
Chapter 13Securely Dealing With Insecurity181
Chapter 14We Can't Go on Meetings Like This191
Chapter 15Training in Action Versus Training Inaction201
Chapter 16Dollars, Sense, and Incentives213
Chapter 17All in the Family Business225
Chapter 18Jerks Online235
Chapter 19Jerks on Cell Phones245
Chapter 20Environmental Impacts253
Chapter 21When Jerks Push the Envelope263
Conclusion275
Index279
About the Author285

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