FROM THE PUBLISHER

Syndicated columnist Bob Rosner provides humor and help for today's workers with his lively Q&A column. Here he shares his hilarious and proven advice, telling listeners exactly how to remedy the most common work-related ailments. April 1998 Publication date.

SYNOPSIS

he acclaimed newspaper columnist who believes solutions to workplace problems come from the best qualified person -- you -- here shows you how to keep other people's baggage off your toes; teaches you how to put your boss under your spell; reveals how to punch back when the clock punches you; and gives you the keys to setting up your own s

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Syndicated columnist Rosner presents a cornucopia of information on the world of business that doles out advice on coping with colleagues, bosses, employees, dead-end jobs, switching companies, performance pressures, health, technology and being axed. The text is enlivened with sidebars, quotes from sources as varied as Plato, Charles de Gaulle and Satchel Paige, results of polls the author has conducted among workers and short quizzes. Added attractions include witty contributions by New Yorker cartoonist Robert Mankoff (e.g., boss to underling, "It's your job to dream of things that never were and ask, `Why not?' and it's my job to tell you"). The quotes reinforce Rosner's overall message that job difficulties can be managed, although, on some occasions, he advises, it just may be better to bow out. There is never a dull moment from start to finish. (Mar.)

Library Journal

Highly readable and practical advice from this well-known syndicated columnist who gets many of his tales of the disenchanted from his popular web site. (LJ 3/15/98)

Library Journal