Confining Cubicles

With its confining cubicles, incompetent leaders, bureaucratic inertia, and corporate doublespeak, the workplace can sometimes seem cartoonishly sinister—right down to the pointy-haired bosses and malevolent canines! It's time to snap back into flesh-and-blood reality and tune in toEscape from Cluelessness. This refreshing book offers an antidote to the creeping cynicism and feelings of helplessness that ensnare millions of employees—each struggling to make sense of the strange and puzzling world of work. There are …

…the murky underworld of office politics—and learn how to play the game (without getting eaten) Enter the hothouse of interpersonal relationships—and learn to understand themselves and the people around them Tour the feudal landscape of corporate monarchs, lords, and serfs—and learn to work around the bureaucratic barriers that hierarchy creates Crack the hidden cultural codes, create pizzazz in a sterile workplace, navigate the endless—and endlessly bumbled—change efforts, and much more.