Works Well with Others, Ross McCammon
Works Well with Others, Ross McCammon
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Works Well with Others
An Outsider’s Guide to Shaking Hands, Shutting Up, Handling Jerks, and Other Crucial Skills in Business That No One Ever Teaches You

Author: Ross McCammon

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2015

Synopsis

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.

About Ross McCammon

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.

About Tom Taylorson

Tom Taylorson earned his bachelor's in theater arts performance and went on to build a reputation as a Chicago-based actor. He has lent his voice to a multitude of television and radio commercials, video games, animation, and audiobooks. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘

Shit bits (suck up identified!): Q: Whereas profanity lends credibility to our speech; (This is what Joe Biden knows. A speech is a lot more memorable if it contains a well-placed “damn.”) (c) A speech is even better than that if it contains a misplaced Joe Biden meeting imaginary friends and shaking h......more

Goodreads review by Crysta

This book was trying to straddle humor and useful content and for me it fell short in both categories. Good for you, bro, you got to proofread body paint on a nude model and then tricked us all into reading it. And now that you've told me to shake hands firmly I'll do it even though I ignored every......more

Goodreads review by Summer

"Facts x opinions - about how much salary everyone in the room probably makes - bullshit + knowledge of a good Thai place around here / you = The Score" Finally a business book that really tells it like it is. I was skeptical that a white dude could write a book about being an "outsider" but Mr. McC......more

Goodreads review by Amanda [Novel Addiction]

I actually really liked this. I keep trying to read business-type books, maybe to make me feel more like an adult, but they are usually boring and full of information that I will never use. Sure, this book still has that - there's tons of stuff in here that will never matter in my business life, but......more

Quotes

“Works Well with Others features some of the best, most pertinent in-the-trenches advice I’ve ever read, the type of crucial guidance that’s mysteriously never taught in schools…Invaluable book. And funny as hell..” Nick Offerman, New York Times bestselling author

“A funny guide to help the introverted become extroverts without becoming jerks. Indispensable.” Patton Oswalt, New York Times bestselling author

“Most career advice books are full of platitudes and false promises. Ross McCammon has broken that mold. I dare you to read this without laughing frequently and applying his tips immediately.” Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author

“For tactical assistance in how to get a nicer office, Ross McCammon has written Works Well with Others…a workplace-etiquette guide for people with no patience for office politics…McCammon has amassed an arsenal of tips on how to get ahead.” New York Times Book Review

“Relentlessly funny and soberingly insightful.” Entertainment Weekly

“Hilariously and helpfully…guides you along the path of acting like a professional.” Bustle

“How to achieve success in the workplace is the gist of this humorously effective handbook…McCammon’s lessons have the ring of universal applicability and honest truth. Read this delightful book, and relish its never-highfalutin approach.” Booklist (starred review)

“Entrepreneur etiquette columnist McCammon writes for the uncertain person in everyone, providing simple instructions for everyday situations…Offers beneficial information in a delightful package.” Library Journal

“A handy how-to guide on cultivating and applying today’s most useful business skills…An effective amalgam of satire and practicality, McCammon’s functional playbook takes the guesswork and much of the mystery out of job searches and appropriate office etiquette.” Kirkus Reviews

Awards

  • Amazon.com bestseller
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