Puttin' Cologne on the Rickshaw: A Guide to Dysfunctional Management & the Evil Workplace Environments...

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William Bouffard

Puttin' Cologne on the Rickshaw

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A Guide to Dysfunctional Management & the Evil Workplace Environments They Create

William Bouffard

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English

William Bouffard
05 July 2012

Business ethics; Management & management techniques

This book is dedicated to understanding and combating the proliferation of rude and uncivil behaviour in our society and especially the workplace. It analyses the myriad games people play and how they lead to the downright evil cultures present in todays modern dysfunctional workplaces. It analyses the ranks of the sociopaths and sycophants that populate the average workplace and the back-stabbing methods they use to better their careers at the expense of yours. It also takes aim and investigates the most onerous behaviour of them all -- bullying in all its forms. It exposes the management and leadership abyss and the problems of organisational amnesia, plausible deniability, blame-storming, and fear of surprise, and how they all infect and poison the workplace culture. It lampoons the infamous performance review and pay-for-performance processes. It provides sage advice on how to survive the modern workplace and become a true leader in spite of what goes on around you.

By: William Bouffard
Imprint: William Bouffard
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 205mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 790g
ISBN: 9780984799909
ISBN 10: 0984799907
Pages: 394
Publication Date: 05 July 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mr. Bouffard is an accomplished leader whose common sense and instincts have made him a success in a wide array of firms, from Fortune 500 companies to start-up enterprises. Mr. Bouffard has exceled using his genuine, down to earth, hands-on leadership style which has allowed him to be successful in a variety of industries and demanding business environments. Mr. Bouffard is a retired management executive who has spent much of his career in positions overseeing people at differing professional levels. His exposure to the oftentimes absurd and brutal world of management provided the experience, insight and backdrop for this book. The idea for this book started ten years earlier as he witnessed the management suite becoming more and more competitive, uncivil and cut-throat and taken over by the sociopathic element of our society. People entering business need to know what the modern workplace is truly like. In his career Mr. Bouffard worked his way up from very humble beginnings to the executive management suite observing, and being forced to participate in, all the political and personal games that are played, day in and day out, in the average workplace. With this in-depth knowledge and first-hand experience he is in a unique position to write a tell-all confession exposing the modern workplace in its true form. Mr. Bouffard hopes the reader will take away an in-depth appreciation of the complexity of the behaviors typically observed in the workplace. By doing this the reader, if new to the world of business, can prepare for the inevitable abuse they must endure to be successful. Mr. Bouffard lives in San Diego, California, with his wife Mary. He has two children and four grandchildren. This is his first book. Mr. Bouffard can be reached on his blog at puttincologneontherickshaw.com, puttincologneontherickshaw@gmail.com