201 Ways to Deal With Difficult People (Quick-Tip Survival Guides) - Softcover

Axelrod, Alan; Holtje, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070062188 ISBN 13: 9780070062184

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 1997

Synopsis

That special assignment came fully equipped with a problem co-worker? Don't despair! Learn how to work with people that are confrontational, problematic, unwilling­­and still get the job done.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Hours. There aren't enough of them.

Succeeding in business has always been tough. These days, it's downright brutal. What do you need most? All the help you can get. What do you need even more? Time. The Quick-Tip Survival Guides put the two together, giving you all the help you need­­without taking all the time you have. Focusing on the personal and interpersonal skills crucial to success, the Quick-Tip Survival Guides mine and refine the nuggets of essential business know-how: time-tested truths, as well as savvy from the cutting edge. 201 Ways to Deal with Difficult People looks at real-world situations you face every day and provides no-nonsense strategies for turning close encounters of the worst kind into civil, sane, productive, and profitable exchanges.

About the Author:

Alan Axelrod has a Ph.D. in English and is the author of numerous books including The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore, The Macmillan Dictionary of Military Biography, Encyclopedia of the American West, and What Every American Should Know About American History. Previously, he served as publishing executive with the Henry Francis Winterthur Museum, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Abbeville Press, and Turner Publishing.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0070062188
• ISBN 13: 9780070062184
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 150