This well-design journal with 120 pages is perfect for creative writing, record goals, dreams and thoughts Specifications: Dimensions Perfect size at 6 x 9 in / 15.24 x 22.86 cm Pages: 120 Cover: Soft, matte paperback cover Printed on high quality interior stock Easy writing and smooth paper is perfected for pen and pencil noted. Makes a great Christmas, Birthday, Graduation or Beginning of the school year Gift

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

This well-design journal with 120 pages is perfect for creative writing, record goals, dreams and thoughts Specifications: Dimensions Perfect size at 6 x 9 in / 15.24 x 22.86 cm Pages: 120 Cover: Soft, matte paperback cover Printed on high quality interior stock Easy writing and smooth paper is perfected for pen and pencil noted. Makes a great Christmas, Birthday, Graduation or Beginning of the school year Gift

This well-design journal with 120 pages is perfect for creative writing, record goals, dreams and thoughts Specifications: Dimensions Perfect size at 6 x 9 in / 15.24 x 22.86 cm Pages: 120 Cover: Soft, matte paperback cover Printed on high quality interior stock Easy writing and smooth paper is perfected for pen and pencil noted. Makes a great Christmas, Birthday, Graduation or Beginning of the school year Gift

Get the brutal truth about coding, testing, and project management—from a Microsoft insider who tells it like it is. I. M. Wright's deliberately provocative column "Hard Code" has been sparking debate amongst thousands of engineers at Microsoft for years. And now (despite our better instincts), we're making his opinions available to everyone. In this collection of over 80 columns, Eric Brechner's alter ego pulls no punches with his candid commentary and best practice solutions to the issues that irk him the most. He dissects the development process, examines tough team issues, and critiques how the software business is run, with the added touch of clever humor and sardonic wit. His ideas aren't always popular (not that he cares), but they do stimulate discussion and imagination needed to drive software excellence. Get the unvarnished truth on how to: Improve software quality and value—from design to security Realistically manage project schedules, risks, and specs Trim the fat from common development inefficiencies Apply process improvement methods—without being an inflexible fanatic Drive your own successful, satisfying career Don't be a dictator—develop and manage a thriving team! Companion Web site includes: Agile process documents Checklists, templates, and other resources

Life Is Management takes the principles of influence and persuasion into the role of management. Many books have been written on leadership, but few address the actual execution of the day-to-day world of management. This book is a comprehensive new approach to coaching behavioural change that will get extraordinary performance from everyone. It helps managers get their people to: - ask for the business, - take ownership of their targets, - become more entrepreneurial in customer service, - work more effectively together to reduce costs, - and much more. We all manage many things in life, and yet when we get the title and the responsibilities, we seem to forget what got us there in the first place. Through practical yet simple solutions, Life Is Management helps managers resolve everyday issues, and the results will be clear: improved performance and an accelerated career path.