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Working Relationships

The Simple Truth About Getting Along with Friends and Foes at Work

Bob Wall
Davies-Black Publishing, 1999

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Editorial Rating

5

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Well Structured
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

If you’ve been at loggerheads with a co-worker, calm down and read this. Bob Wall takes a close look at why the ubiquitous "personality problem" persists at work. His conclusions boil down to basics: Co-workers mix professional and personal relationships, confuse organizational roles and expectations, and simply clash due to dislike or incompatibility. He offers a number of familiar solutions to workplace conflict, advising you to pick your battles, agree to disagree and consider the possibility that you might be at fault. Not exactly rocket science, but Wall’s book is fresh, easy-to-read and reader-friendly. getAbstract recommends this book primarily to supervisors, who will find the dissection of professional relationships useful in managing your sometimes-hard-to-understand employees.

Take-Aways

  • Getting along with others is one of the most important factors in determining how well people like their jobs.
  • Technical mastery isn’t enough - you must work well with others to be successful.
  • Work relationships develop difficulties because many people know their co-workers both personally and professionally.

About the Author

Bob Wall is an organizational-development and training consultant. For more than 20 years, he has worked with multinational corporations, small- to mid-sized companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. He is the co-author of The Mission-Driven Organization. His upcoming book is The Handbook for Interpersonal Skills Training.

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