Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Download or read book 50 Hilarious Long Story Jokes written by Mark White and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-27 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bartenders not only make fabulous drinks, but also can be great listeners, confidants, and a sounding board to bounce jokes off of. Mark White, a popular bartender for over twenty years, shares a collection of clean jokes, related morals, and practical delivery tips designed to help the joke-teller communicate key life lessons in memorable ways to audiences of all ages and, most importantly, garner laughs. Many of the jokes are tailored for speakers who want to open a presentation with a key message while others are created to generate laughs around a campfire, entertain passengers on road trips, and charm guests at a dinner party. His jokes humorously reflect on such diverse subjects as pompous Scotch drinkers, dumb blondes, crazy Uber drivers, football game refreshments, and much more. 50 Hilarious Long Story Jokes is a collection of jokes, related morals, and delivery tips shared by a popular, seasoned bartender.

Download or read book Schwag written by Tommy Anthony and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schwag picks up where Young and Immortal left off, with the introspective poet Eugene and his mischievous muse Horace and their friend Miriam living up their early Twenties on the cusp of the Millenium on the East Side of Milwaukee. Schwag explores the questions of loyalty, addiction, the American Way, casual sex and obsessive love, honesty, meaningless hedonism and significant bullshit. Schwag is not in Oprah's book club. Schwag is the book you borrowed from the bad kid on the playground. Schwag is cheap workingman's dope.

Download or read book Mapping the Social Landscape written by Susan J. Ferguson and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapping The Social Landscape is one of the most established and widely-used readers for Introductory Sociology. Susan J. Ferguson selects, edits, and introduces 58 readings representing a plurality of voices and views within sociology. The selections include classic statements from great thinkers like C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, and Max Weber, as well of the works of contemporary scholars who address current social issues.

Download or read book Fred Meijer written by Bill Smith and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-09 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retailing pioneer Fred Meijer comes alive in the pages of this intimate biography, told in part by the people in Fred's life from store cashiers to American presidents. Astute businessman, visionary arts patron, homespun philosopher Fred is a man of many parts. His story weaves a chronicle of how to succeed in business, how to shape one's life, how to leave the world a better place, and how to have fun along the way. / "Fred, in his unpretentious way, has always been a leader. . . . He is able, he is dedicated, and he's fun." Gerald R. Ford / "I have always admired Fred Meijer as the great visionary who first recognized the potential of the supercenter in the United States. As we developed our Wal-Mart model, we learned a great deal by watching what he did." Don Soderquist - former Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Wal-Mart / "Fred Meijer's life story is a supersize grocery cart, full to the brim with values that we should live by honesty, fairness, and respect for others." Mike Lloyd - Grand Rapids Press

Download or read book The Retail Management Formula written by and published by Jon Dario. This book was released on 2014-12-26 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of retail management presents numerous challenges. Maximizing effectiveness is the goal of every retail manager, but solutions are often difficult to find. In The Retail Management Formula: A Navigational Guide to Consistently Effective Retail Management, author Jon Dario pulls from his extensive experience in retail management and leadership to offer clear, concise, and practical tools designed specifically for retail managers. This book provides tangible and practical methods for turning ideas into action. With step-by-step instructions for establishing effective retail management routines, Dario delivers a complete program for laying the foundations of strong managerial behavior. The principles presented here can be used by both individual retail managers to achieve success and by senior leaders of an organization to serve as the core of their management training and development program. Filled with real-life illustrations of the book’s central ideas as well as detailed instructions for their implementation, The Retail Management Formula is a must-have book for any retail manager or organization interested in driving consistent execution on the part of their retail teams.

Download or read book Shopping with Ding A Ling written by Jewell Ethridge and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a collection of incidents involving shopping with Ding-A-Ling, my mother-in-law. It is not meant to ridicule her, but simply is a recounting of her ways of twisting words and thoughts. She was born with an obvious learning disability. It is difficult for her to find appropriate words and to pronounce them correctly. As a person who was blessed at birth with the ability to manipulate words, I think the good Lord put me with Ding-A-Ling on purpose. My job has been to straighten out the grammatical mistakes she has made; she, however, has viewed this in a different light. I am sure she has always felt that I have been making fun of her. Nothing could be further from the truth; I have only wanted to keep others from ridiculing her. Many people think Ding-A-Ling's mistakes are due to senility. At her age, this could be partially true. I have concluded, however, that deep inside her brain is more intelligence than people give her credit for. Her ability to analyze numbers is phenomenal. It is simply a case of an area of her brain not operating correctly when the manipulation of words is required.

Download or read book The Spring before Obergefell written by Ben Grossberg and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North End Latenights written by Julian R. Pace and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glimpses through the experiences of a taxi driver into the incredible diversity of the human phenomenon, everything form the weird and the violent to the most loving and inspiring- and sometimes all of them together.

Download or read book The Coach House written by Florence Osmund and published by Florence Osmund. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1945 Chicago. Anything can happen, and for Richard Marchetti, it usually does. Marie Marchetti, however, doesn't know that about her husband. To her, they have the perfect life. Until little things start to pop up that put her on alert: late night phone calls, cryptic receipts hidden in the basement, and a gun in his desk drawer. When she learns he secretly attends a mobster's funeral, her feelings are confirmed. And when she inadvertently interrupts a meeting between Richard and his so-called business associates, he causes her to fall down the basement steps, compelling Marie to run for her life. Ending up in Atchison, Kansas, Marie quickly sets up a new life for herself. She meets Karen Franklin, a woman who will become her lifelong best friend, and rents a coach house apartment behind a three-story Victorian home. But her attempts at a new life are fraught with the fear that Richard will show up at any time -- and who knows what he or his associates will do then? Ironically, it is the discovery of the identity of her real father and his ethnicity that unexpectedly changes her life forever. Deftly portraying a life in a terrifying transition, Osmund tears open layers of confusion, anger, fear, and shame that are universal to the human experience of catharsis and growth. With extraordinary insight into our most basic need for trust and connection, The Coach House expertly builds tension as it brings into the open our primal instincts for survival and community.

Download or read book My Sixty Day Rule written by Mona Lysa and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Sixty Day Rule follows Kaiden through his adventures of creating a "sixty day rule to dating". He learns that playing this dating game of no commitment may be fun, but it can also lead to heartbreak and danger. Just when Kaiden has found true love and begin to realize that there is more to dating than just dancing, drinking, sex, and fun before you leave, He has an eye opening experience that may lead to his death.

Download or read book The Bill Collector s Story written by Aiyo Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Lawson is the most cruel, relentless, cold, and heartless bill collector in North Carolina's most prominent collecton agency, NRCA. He would hunt his victims down until they pay their debts, even if it meant taking away their homes, cars, savings, and even their jobs. But after NRCA's owner betrays Lawson and fires him, Lawson loses the lavish lifestyle his job provided for him and his family. All he has now is his wife and kids. Now, NRCA is after him and he knows how it feels to be humbled, poor, broke, and chased down like an animal. When one debtor takes his own life due to increased pressure from NRCA, Lawson has a change of heart and becomes determined to shut down the agency for good by bringing the big-time corporation to court. Millions are depending on Lawson to bring peace in their lives by ending the NRCA nightmare.

Download or read book Secrets of the Untold Spirits written by Christopher J. Calhoun and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeling ignored from existence, teenager Ginger McFraiddee, a volleyball loving girl, decides to give her life one more chance, and see her own destiny. Being parent-less and living with modest grandparents and a hardworking uncle, she realizes that her spirit is her own source of love, passion, and proudness. With the help of a gypsy referred to as Lanely Tildon, Ginger's life changes in a split second. Undergoing a series of enchantments while trying to live a normal teenage life, she discovers that Reincarnation in a new way and a sprinkle of wisdom can save the spirits that are evil. Now, Ginger McFraiddee must unlock mysteries for souls to tell their stories to the world, and her own. In order to succeed, she has to find love within herself, the world around her, and she must uncover the secrets and the message of a locket that her parents left behind.

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Download or read book Hunt Mates written by Mary Hughes and published by 7th Octave Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her whole future is endangered by a theft. When her new boss finds out, will he condemn her or save her? “What a brilliant, action packed, paranormal adventure and romance this proved to be!” ~Splashes Into Books on Mind Mates A theft. They think it's me. I can tell by their scent. I don't care what any of them think—except for him. My new boss is big, strong, and handsome…and though his scent is luscious, I can't read it. That's impossible. Iota wolf shifter Emma Singer has just snared a coveted job at Gabriel Light's Choice Buy store when a pricey high-tech phone is stolen—and it looks like Emma's the thief. How can she convince her new boss she’s innocent? Wizard prince Gabriel Light has bigger problems than the fact that his store has been robbed. A chance touch of his new hire lights a bonfire of lust in him. But witch + shifter = stupidly huge taboo. If the Witches’ Council finds out, they’ll have his head. Literally. Yet the more Gabriel uncovers about the crime, the more unsettled he is. Especially when the thief returns and seems to be deliberately targeting Emma…

Download or read book Discounting Rights written by Carol Pier and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Rights Watch found that while many American companies use weak US laws to stop workers from organizing, the retail giant stands out for the sheer magnitude and aggressiveness of its anti-union apparatus. Many of its anti-union tactics are lawful in the United States, though they combine to undermine workers' rights. Others run afoul of soft US laws.

Download or read book Thirty Five Years of Bologna written by Mike Pappas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with wit and wisdom, Thirty-Five Years of Bologna is the true story of Mike Pappas, a deli Manager who served up more bologna during his career than he cares to recall. Like a novel that interacts with a community of voices, Pappas writes in a style that involves the casual advice he picks up from his customers and some co-workers along the way. Thirty-Five Years of Bologna follows Pappas as he becomes a husband, father, and deli Manager and shares how he juggled working long hours with his busy home life. Pappas candidly retells humorous situations about an ever-changing pool of co-workers and managers who enter the deli scene as quickly as they leave. The picture Pappas paints will give you a new view of your neighborhood deli and the personalities that serve you sandwich meat and cheese. But Pappas ultimately learns that life isn't about the work you do, but the people you work with. Thanks for my support on my book: Mr. James Levine of Eyes Wide Open, Mr. Joe Spina of Seaside Prov, Mr. Vinny Bruscino of Vinny's Prov, and Mrs. P. of U Make Your Gift.