Office idiots: what to do when your workplace is a jerkplace

Description

Office idiots and their miscommunication -- Conflict and office idiots -- Idiotic job interviewers -- Idiotic job applicants -- New on the job, but who's the idiot? -- Meetings with office idiots -- Office idiots and their email -- Idiotic managerial practices -- Office idiots and their idiotic feedback -- Power-tripping office idiots -- Office idiots and their mindless motivational methods -- Dodging, deflecting, blaming, and backstabbing by office idiots -- Office idiots in training -- Outrageous behaviors, even for office idiots -- A checklist to avoid becoming an office idiot.;Most books that deal with ridiculous behaviors in the workplace are premised largely on conjecture, anecdotes, and limited data, but that's not the case with Office Idiots. Written by Ken Lloyd, one of the foremost experts on jerks at work, this book relies on data from actual workplaces across America to present a sweeping and frighteningly accurate snapshot of the antics of Office Idiots. Based on thousands of letters to his newspaper column and website, www.jerksatwork.com, this book spotlights office idiots wherever they exist in an organization, followed by practical advice on what to do and even what to say when you encounter them. In addition to providing a vast array of hands-on (and hands-off!) tools, Office Idiots will also show you how to: -Deal with the newest cadres of jerks, the Techno-Jerks and the E-Jerks -Deal with some of the most off-the-wall and absurd jerk-like behaviors in the workplace -Avoid enabling behaviors that actually bring out the jerkiness in others -Make sure you don't become a jerk at work! The staying power of workplace jerks is legendary. Here's how to survive them!