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CHAPTER EIGHTDon’t Cry in My Office…I Have a Deadline to Meet

Everything I know about management was learned “on the job” by playing inrock and roll bands. Compared to arguing with angry, intoxicated drummers,pretty much anything you run into in the workplace is a piece of cake.—Laurence Biely

Drip drip drip go tearsRolling, your cheek to my deskBlurring memo ink

(Another haiku… I’m going through a phase.)

Chapter Highlights

image The slippery slope of manager-as-psychologist

People, emotions, and work

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