April Fools

April 1, 2009 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER

Title: book titles from Hell

Competency: sense of humor

Who benefits: those who need a laugh

Consultant Usage: entertain your friends

What’s it about? Being as this is the time honored day of acknowledging Fools, I thought a day of wacky book titles might be in order! 

Writing for this Blog takes me on some strange twists and turns through the world of books.  (I want to say literature, but many of the books I encounter aren’t literature…some aren’t even literate!)

Today I have no recommendations.  I just thought it would be fun to share with you some of the better book titles I have run across.  I have added links to each book, but please don’t construe that as an endorsement.  But do have fun looking at one or two.  I did.  

Stooples: Office Tools for Hopeless Fools; Okay, this book I recommend! It is short and hysterically funny.

Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots: 201 Smart Ways to Handle the Toughest People Issues

My Reality Check Bounced!: The Gen-Y Guide to Cashing In On Your Real-World Dreams

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t

A Survival Guide for Working With Bad Bosses: Dealing With Bullies, Idiots, Back-stabbers, And Other Managers from Hell

How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive– Without Killing Your Boss

The Business of Bullshit

You’re An Idiot, and People Talk About You Behind Your Back!

Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up

100 Bullshit Jobs…And How to Get Them [BARGAIN PRICE]

Officespeak: The Win-Win Guide to Touching Base, Getting the Ball Rolling, and Thinking Inside the Box

Stick it to the Man: How to Skirt the Law, Scam Your Enemies, and Screw Big, Fat, Stupid, Lazy Corporations…for Fun and Profit!

and finally, today’s winner:

You Corporate Bastards

Hope you had a “foolish” time.  Did you see any particular word coming up frequently?  Did you catch any themes?

Catch you later.

 

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Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.

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