Works Well with Others: an Outsider's Guide to Shaking Hands, Shutting Up, Handling Jerks, and Other Crucial Skills in Business That No One Ev (Librar

Publisher Marketing: Before he got a job at Esquire and before he became the etiquette columnist at Entrepreneur magazine, Ross McCammon was staring out a second -floor window at a parking lot in suburban Dallas wondering if it was five o'clock yet. One phone call from Esquire changed everything. This is McCammon's honest, funny, and entertaining journey from impostor to authority-a story that begins with periods of debilitating workplace anxiety but leads to rich insights and practical advice from a guy who still remembers what it's like to feel entirely ill-equipped for professional success. McCammon points out the workplace for what it is: an often absurd landscape of ego and fear guided by social rules that no one ever talks about. He offers a mix of enlightening and often self--deprecating personal stories about his experience and clear, practical advice on getting the small things right-skills that often go unacknowledged-from shaking a hand to conducting a business meeting in a bar to navigating a work party. Works Well with Others is an inspirational new way of looking at your job, your career, and success itself. It is an accessible guide for those of us who are smart, talented, and ambitious but don't quite feel prepared for success ... or know what to do once we've made it. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2015 (EAN 9780525955023, Hardcover) Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 71 (EAN 9780525955023, Hardcover) Booklist 07/01/2015 pg. 25 (EAN 9780525955023, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 08/03/2015 (EAN 9780525955023, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  McCammon, Ross Ross McCammon, senior editor at "Esquire "magazine since 2005, is responsible for the magazine's coverage of pop culture, drinking, cars, and etiquette. He has edited "Esquire"'s "Dubious Achievement Awards" and the long--running annual feature "The Best Bars in America." He writes the monthly feature "The Rules" and is a frequent contributor to the magazine's back -page humor section "This Way Out." For three years he has been the business etiquette columnist at "Entrepreneur "magazine. His humor has been collected in "Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category", edited by Dave Eggers. Contributor Bio:  Taylorson, Tom Tom Taylorson is a Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience ranging from outdoor and black-box theaters to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. In that time he also built a voice-over career. He now primarily works as a voice actor and can be heard in a multitude of national radio and television commercials, on various websites, and in video games. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.