...yet. Most of the problems this book discusses are faced by new managers who do not yet understand the intricasies of managing people and the politics of the office. No manager, regardless of experience ever fully does, but this book is not very insightful for experienced managers.

Further, the authors spend a great deal of time discussing HR issues. Those are fine and dandy, but if you don't have turn-over in your department, the recommendations on making good hires and avoiding HR pitfalls are fine, but on a day-to-day basis, they're not that useful.

The cover of the book states "Everything you need to know about getting through and getting the most out of every day". The only managers who will find this true by reading this book are HR managers.

Still, there are some useful anecdotes and suggestions but in terms of being a desktop-reference for department heads and corporate managers, this book is lacking.

Every manager needs to read this book. It not only has practical advice and suggestions on how to be an effective manager, it is also backed by the law. It is increasingly difficult in this day and age to be a manager without knowing the legal ramifications of your actions. This book has it all!

Ever read a business book that stays in theory mode all the time? Drives me nuts. This book was written with the busy manager in mind. Lots of how-to's, lots of real life examples, with plenty of humor to move it right along. Very easy to read. In fact, kind of hard to put down once you start it.

Yes, this book hits the basics. My experience is that that's where most managers fall down. This book sends a strong empowerment message - "we have met the solution, and it is YOU".

Perfect book for your training or HR team to give out to all new managers. This is one of the few business books that a manager will not only read, but USE, too.

The one word that comes to mind after reading this book is: Vapid. The cartoons are pretty good though.

I read the book Working Wounded in a couple of days. It is actually a quick read and rather humorous at times. There is a lot of great reference material in there.

The author was really writing his own biography throughout most of the book. I am thrilled that he had such wonderful oportunities in the past and in his future.

This book is best just for the Bibliography. Unfortunately, it doesn't have one so you have to read it chapter by chapter to get the books that may be relevant to what you need additional information to.

Good Luck, Bob! To everyone else, buy a different book, see if someone will loan you theirs, go to the library. Save the dough, because I don't think you will find it as insightful as the title implies.

First Aid for the Working Wounded by T.S. Peric' Most of us, at some point in our working career, labored within a crummy company, faced-off with a bullying boss or suffered the ignominy of a firing. Most of us have shared workplace horror stories or listened sympathetically to someone who really took a battering. Let's face it. Workplace dissatisfaction ranks high on the angst scale for the 90s and this is the audience to which nationally syndicated columnist Bob Rosner directs his book, Working Wounded: Advice that Adds Insight to Injury (Warner Books). While bookshelves are littered by the bunches with titles on job hunting, job coping and job escaping, Rosner manages to whip out a bouquet that offers a few, fresh petals. Too many job-help books sound like a dry managerial tract from some experimental work environment which exists only in the mind of the writer. Rosner's laboratory is real: true-life stories culled from calls for help he gathers through a weekly column and a Working Wounded website (workingwounded.com). Fortunately, Rosner manages to describe this with a sense of humorous outrage that makes for a good read. Rosner's faces the task about changing a bull-headed boss' inflexibility to your way of thinking in "Hold the Garlic! I Want My Boss to Shape-Change". He goes on to note "His [the boss] name was Dick-but we called him 'Cold Shower' because that's what he gave to every new idea that came across his desk. After collecting more bullet holes than a stop sign on a country road, I finally decided to bring him an idea he couldn't shoot down-one of his own." Rosner dispenses advice from the experts who are familiar with the workplace, covering basic issues such as "Poked From All Sides: How to Cope with Your Co-Workers" to gathering confidence in our burgeoning techno-state with "Stuck In The Web: How To Score Points with Technology". Rosner offers advice in a lively, succinct fashion, sprinkling the book with timely tidbits abou!t working that leave you nodding in agreement or shaking your head in anger. First, there's "The Working Wounded Quotebook". "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." Oscar Wilde. Second, you have the Working Wounded List. "They Asked You What . . . Real Questions Asked During Real Job Interviews A Wall Street bank asked women MBA graduates, 'Would you have an abortion to stay on the fast track?' While discount department store asked interviewees, 'How long can you hold your urine?'" Finally, my favorite: the e-mail received at Working Wounded. 1)"The Best Way to get a Promotion "Be on time, learn your job, go the extra mile, and don't suck up to the boss. 2)"The Other Best Way to Get a Promotion Two words: kiss butt!" 3)"Scrooge Lives. Last year at the Christmas party, the boss gave us all Christmas cards. We opened them up only to find pink slips inside. He said he thought the party atmosphere would take the edge off of being let go." And if you ever tire of reading of reading about the workplace, as a diversion you can relax with drawings from The New Yorker cartoonist Robert Mankoff which are found throughout the book. What Rosner never forgets in Working Wounded is that real people populate the workplace and that a deft combination of experience, inspiration, information and humor is the key to surviving a fresh wound and, if you recover, there just might be hope for you on the next job. How good is this book? When my sister Millie (an erudite, eclectic reader with a varied work history and a cool disposition to self-help employment books) leafed through the Working Wounded, she had a single comment: "When you're done with this, could I take a look?" She also like the cartoons. Regardless of the type of work you do, Working Wounded's message is about emotional protection on the job. Every smart police officer hits the streets with a bulletproof vest. That's how you should regard Working Wounded: Try it !on for size and it'll help you survive the bullets. - 30 -

I am a great fan of Bob Rosner but the title of this e-book is very misleading. Entitled "Bossing Without Being Bossy: Being a Boss People Want to Work For" this document contains 6 short articles: What is the Best Leadership Style?; How Do You Find the Right CEO Coach?; How Do You Praise Someone At Work?; What Can You Do To Think More Strategically?; What Can You Do to Prevent Fear at Work?; and finally - a half-page article on What Does It Take to be a Really Great Boss? None of these address Bossing Without Being Bossy. Good information in the articles but I wouldn't have spent the money on this content.