Way of the Rat

A survival guide to office politics
Joep P.M. Schrijvers

The phenomenal international bestseller that exposes, with wit and ruthlessness, the power games played in today’s companies.

Tired of reading about the habits of highly effective managers? Given up trying to accomplish anything in one minute? Don’t care who moved your cheese? Here’s the antidote to management books. Learn the real way to make friends, influence people and achieve your career goals: The Way of the Rat.

With caustic wit, black humor and uncanny insight, the author takes you down into the sewer to explore the dark and devious rituals of business today. He shines a light into corners of the office that most companies would prefer to ignore – places where jealousy, cruelty, anger, hate and revenge lurk. How can you subvert your boss? Exploit your colleagues’ weaknesses? Come out on top? It’s easier than you think. Be ruthless; be a rat.

Don’t be fooled by talk of empowerment, teamwork or corporate values. Office politics isn’t like that. It’s about power: how you get it and how you use it. The Way of the Rat tackles the subject with refreshing honesty, and no small dose of cynicism. Read it – but don’t leave it lying on your desk.

“One of the most refreshing organizational behavior books I have read in a long time. It is not only extremely perceptive in its view of human behavior at work, but is also fun to read…I strongly recommend this book for its novel style and words of wisdom”
Professor Cary Cooper, book review in Management Today

JOEP SCHRIJVERS has written numerous articles about personal development, coaching and learning. He has worked as a researcher, trainer, video director, manager and consultant, and now lectures and writes about corporate politics, irrational behavior and the role of chance in change processes. He has a special interest in corporate narratives, many of which have found their way into this book.

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£7.99 PB
Rights: English language
Sales territory:World