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Lee G. Bolman

Terrence E. Deal

Escape from Cluelessness: A Guide for the Organizationally Challenged Hardcover – April 28, 2000

by Lee G. Bolman (Author), Terrence E. Deal (Author)

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With its confining cubicles, incompetent leaders, bureaucratic inertia, and corporate doublespeak, the workplace can sometimes seem cartoonishly sinister--right down to the pointy-haired bosses and malevolent canines!

It's time to snap back into flesh-and-blood reality and tune in to ESCAPE FROM CLUELESSNESS. This refreshing book offers an antidote to the creeping cynicism and feelings of helplessness that ensnare millions of employees--each struggling to make sense of the strange and puzzling world of work.

There are no sugarcoated management mantras here. Instead, the book uses a punchy text and biting wit to survey the same grim territory so brilliantly satirized by "Dilbert." But, unlike the cartoon, ESCAPE FROM CLUELESSNESS takes the strong, positive stand that something CAN be done to improve things.

And the book supplies a detailed road map for making it happen, leading readers on a journey away from cluelessness and toward a better, more rewarding work life. Along the way, they'll: * Plunge into the murky underworld of office politics--and learn how to play the game (without getting eaten) * Enter the hothouse of interpersonal relationships--and learn to understand themselves and the people around them * Tour the feudal landscape of corporate monarchs, lords, and serfs--and learn to work around the bureaucratic barriers that hierarchy creates * Crack the hidden cultural codes, create pizzazz in a sterile workplace, navigate the endless--and endlessly bumbled--change efforts, and much more.

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Lee G. Bolman (Kansas City, MO) and Terrence E. Deal (San Luis Obispo, CA) are the authors of two highly successful books, Reframing Organizations and Leading With Soul, which together have sold more than 350,000 copies.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ AMACOM (April 28, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0814470718
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0814470718
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.13 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,518,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lee G. Bolman
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Lee Bolman's most recent books include the 2d edition of Reframing Academic Leadership, Engagement: Transforming Difficult Relationships at Work (both with Joan Gallos), and several books with Terry Deal, including the 7th edition of Reframing Organizations, How Great Leaders Think, and the 3rd editions of both Reframing the Path to School Leadership and Leading With Soul. Lee retired as Professor and Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership Emeritus at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bolman's books have been translated into more than ten languages. Bolman lectures world-wide on topics of leadership, change, and spirituality at work. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Midwestern parents, Lee is the father of six, and currently lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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Terrence E. Deal
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Deal is the Irving R. Melbo Professor of Education at the Rossier School (Ret.), University of Southern California. Prior to USC he served on the faculties of Stanford, Harvard and Vanderbilt. At Vanderbilt he received many awards for excellence in teaching including multiple crystal apples and the Sarratt Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He has co-authored 40 books, among them are Corporate Cultures with Allan Kennedy, Reframing Organizations, Leading With Soul and How Great Leaders Think with Lee Bolman, Managing the Hidden Organization with Wm Jenkins and Corporate /Celebrations with MK Key, Shaping School Culture with Kent Peterson. He is an international consultant to business, health care, military, educational, and religious organizations. His consultations have included IBM, Hyatt Hotel, Target, Swiss Army, Air War College,Hospital Corporation of America, American Medical International and Kaiser Permanente. He currently resides on the beautiful central coast of California where he writes books and makes wine.
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