It Takes More Than A Carrot And A Stick

By Wess Roberts

Coworker relationships influence quality of life, both on and off the job. Wess Roberts shows how workplace colleagues can get along, whether their natural personalities mesh like gears or clash like cats and dogs.It Takes More Than a Carrot and a Stick provides practical tips and surefire tactics for working with anyone. The book addresses how to get along with the 15 self-limited character types commonly encountered at work, from Imperious Jerks to Perpetual Victims. Roberts walks the reader through each character type, giving concrete advice on how to thrive with others. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740719084
• ISBN13: 9780740719080
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Cartoonish Exagerations, but the message is clear

I think the book is helpful to anyone having difficulty with any person (coworker, boss, subordinate) at work--but while reading you need to keep in mind these examples are extreme cases.You can find the characteristics described in these caricatures in any person if you look hard enough, so be careful that your personal biases do not affect your interpretation of the material and/or the personality at work causing you grief...

Insightful, Entertaining, and Practical

An absolutely wonderful book -- Wess Roberts has truly done it again! With a fresh synthesis of insight, humor, and practical advice, this book is a great read and a useful guide to solving one of the most perplexing challeges of everyday life: turning dysfunctional relationships into functional ones. I particularly enjoyed his analyses of "Imperious Jerks: Masters of the Universe," "Androids: The Blindly Obedient," "Gatekeepers:...

Not what I expected

When I picked up this book I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I only knew about Attila the Hun and didn't expect Attila the "Get along with others." The book is terrific. It gave me some real insights about getting along with my employeer.

I have better relationships

I have followed Wess Roberts' career. This is by far his best work with how to deal with other people that you really can't get away from. I have used this work in my personal, private, and corporate life. Unlike most of the books I own, I didn't put this on my shelf. I keep it around when ever I have problems with my employees. I give it a 5.

Real World Advice

I think It Takes More Than a Carrot and a Stick compares favorably to Who Moved My Cheese? in that it makes you think and react. This isn't so much a business book as it is a book of common sense for the workplace. This book makes you realize that your day-to-day focus needs to be on accomplishments, not obstacles. In other words, spend your time and energy being constructive instead of straying off course into the world...