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The Ape in the Corner Office: How to Make Friends, Win Fights, and Work Smarter by Understanding Human Nature
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Crown Pub
Publication date
April 24, 2007
Pages
341
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400052202
ISBN-10
1400052203
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$14.95
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Summary
Applying the latest scientific research into animal behavior to the workplace environment, a witty study addresses a variety of important issues, including status obsession, bosses, climbing the corporate ladder, and the survival game, and explains how to use one's natural tendencies and genetically determined patterns to one's advantage. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Tired of swimming with the sharks? Fed up with that big ape down the hall? Real animals can teach us better ways to thrive in the workplace jungle.
Youâre ambitious and want to get ahead, but whatâs the best way to do it? Become the biggest, baddest predator? The proverbial 800-pound gorilla? Or does nature teach you to be more subtle and sophisticated?
Richard Conniff, the acclaimed author of The Natural History of the Rich, has survived savage beasts in the workplace jungle, where he hooted and preened in the corner office as a publishing executive. Heâs also spent time studying how animals operate in the real jungles of the Amazon and the African bush.
What he shows in The Ape in the Corner Office is that nature built you to be nice. Doing favors, grooming coworkers with kind words, building coalitionsâthese tools for getting ahead come straight from the jungle. The stereotypical Darwinian hard-charger supposedly thinks only about accumulating resources. But highly effective apes know itâs often smarter to give them away. That doesnât mean itâs a peaceable kingdom out there, however. Conniff shows that you can become more effective by understanding how other species negotiate the tricky balance between conflict and cooperation.
Conniff quotes one biologist on a chimpanzeeâs obsession with rank: âHis attempts to maintain and achieve alpha status are cunning, persistent, energetic, and time-consuming. They affect whom he travels with, whom he grooms, where he glances, how often he scratches, where he goes, what times he gets up in the morning.â Sound familiar? Itâs the same behavior you can find written up in any issue of BusinessWeek or The Wall Street Journal.
The Ape in the Corner Office connects with the day-to-day of the workplace because it helps explain what people are really concerned about: How come he got the wing chair with the gold trim? How can I survive as that big apeâs subordinate without becoming a spineless yes-man? Why does being a lone wolf mean being a loser? And, yes, why is it that jerks seem to prosperâat least in the short run?
Also available as a Random House AudioBook and an eBook
From the Hardcover edition.
Youâre ambitious and want to get ahead, but whatâs the best way to do it? Become the biggest, baddest predator? The proverbial 800-pound gorilla? Or does nature teach you to be more subtle and sophisticated?
Richard Conniff, the acclaimed author of The Natural History of the Rich, has survived savage beasts in the workplace jungle, where he hooted and preened in the corner office as a publishing executive. Heâs also spent time studying how animals operate in the real jungles of the Amazon and the African bush.
What he shows in The Ape in the Corner Office is that nature built you to be nice. Doing favors, grooming coworkers with kind words, building coalitionsâthese tools for getting ahead come straight from the jungle. The stereotypical Darwinian hard-charger supposedly thinks only about accumulating resources. But highly effective apes know itâs often smarter to give them away. That doesnât mean itâs a peaceable kingdom out there, however. Conniff shows that you can become more effective by understanding how other species negotiate the tricky balance between conflict and cooperation.
Conniff quotes one biologist on a chimpanzeeâs obsession with rank: âHis attempts to maintain and achieve alpha status are cunning, persistent, energetic, and time-consuming. They affect whom he travels with, whom he grooms, where he glances, how often he scratches, where he goes, what times he gets up in the morning.â Sound familiar? Itâs the same behavior you can find written up in any issue of BusinessWeek or The Wall Street Journal.
The Ape in the Corner Office connects with the day-to-day of the workplace because it helps explain what people are really concerned about: How come he got the wing chair with the gold trim? How can I survive as that big apeâs subordinate without becoming a spineless yes-man? Why does being a lone wolf mean being a loser? And, yes, why is it that jerks seem to prosperâat least in the short run?
Also available as a Random House AudioBook and an eBook
From the Hardcover edition.
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Reprint edition from Crown Pub (April 24, 2007)
9781400052202 | details & prices | 341 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Applying the latest scientific research into animal behavior to the workplace environment, a witty study addresses a variety of important issues, including status obsession, bosses, climbing the corporate ladder, and the survival game, and explains how to use one's natural tendencies and genetically determined patterns to one's advantage.
About: Applying the latest scientific research into animal behavior to the workplace environment, a witty study addresses a variety of important issues, including status obsession, bosses, climbing the corporate ladder, and the survival game, and explains how to use one's natural tendencies and genetically determined patterns to one's advantage.
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