R. McCammon (2015) Works Well with Others

Ross McCammon (2015) Works Well With Others

The title and cover of the book caught my eye for their humour, and the subtitle seemed relevant to me: An Outsider’s Guide to Shaking hands, Shutting Up, Handling Jerks, and Other Crucial Skills in Business That No one Ever Teaches You. The key word being “outsider”. In the “corporate” world where I work, I have managed to make my way up a few steps on the ladder, but the feeling of being an outsider has never really left me. So I thought I would take a look in this book and see whether there was anything in it for me.

A few of my 2017 readings

I have been a little busy over the past few months to maintain this blog unfortunately. I hope that I will be able to be more consistent in the year ahead.

I have read a large number of books over the past year, so let me share a couple of lines about 12 of them, one for every month, in no particular order.

S. Johnson. 1998. Who moved my cheese?

S. Johnson. 1998. Who moved my cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

First, a little note about these types of books, which will most likely apply to other “business” books and those that can fall into that general category, and that I do not really feel like repeating every time…