This week’s blog entry is a bit different from all previous posts. The following is the outline of my book: Puttin’ Cologne on the Rickshaw. In case you haven’t checked it out, I offer this peek into the scope of my book. If you like my blog posts you’ll surely like the book.
Chapter 1 The Marching Morons…our rude society and its effect on the workplace
Chapter 2 Kayfabe…the fact that perception is more important than reality
Chapter 3 Jumpin’ on the Bandwagon…metrics & management fads
Chapter 4 Lord of the Flies…an analysis of workplace culture
Chapter 5 Animal Farm…an analysis of office politics
Chapter 6 Flatland…organizational charts & vertical structure
Chapter 7 Farce Majeure…organizational hierarchy & power structure
Chapter 8 Man Bites Dog…sociopaths in the workplace
Chapter 9 Fee, Fi, Foe, Fum…bullying in the workplace
Chapter 10 Eddie Haskell…organizational sycophants
Chapter 11 Oath of Fealty…the fiefdom syndrome
Chapter 12 Nattering Nabobs of Negativity…the game of “divide and conquer”
Chapter 13 Together Everyone Annoys Me…teamwork, or the lack thereof
Chapter 14 Waiting for Rigor Mortis…workplace communication, or lack thereof
Chapter 15 The Red Queen Principle…backstabbing and employee conflict
Chapter 16 Throw me an Anvil…management sabotage of worker’s careers
Chapter 17 Chicken Little…crisis creation and pyromania
Chapter 18 Howdy Doody…the game of “stump the dummy”
Chapter 19 Insanity…organizational amnesia
Chapter 20 Zemblanity…management fear of surprise
Chapter 21 All Hat, No Cattle…rodeo meeting atmosphere
Chapter 22 What, Me Worry?…plausible deniability & blamestorming
Chapter 23 Drinkin Your Own Kool Aid…workplace visions and values
Chapter 24 Lake Wobegon…the performance review process
Epilog…how to survive and flourish in the modern workplace
In my next blog post I’ll be back to lampooning another aspect of the modern workplace−I promise.
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