Lightning Rods
Contributors: David, Flusfeder
Publisher: And Other Stories Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: High Wycombe
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781908276155; 9781908276292
Subjects: Corporate culture; Fiction; LITERARY CRITICISM; American; General
Description: 'All I want is to be a success. That's all I ask.' Failing salesman Joe has a dream - or rather an outrageous fantasy. Because holed up in his trailer Joe comes up with a jaw-dropping plan that will stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace and make his fortune. Win-win? As he turns his life around, Lightning Rods takes us to the very top of corporate America.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; 1 . Failure Is Always the Best Way to Learn; Hurricane Edna; Special K; So Long Electrolux; 2 . The Numbers Game; First Impressions; Spin the Bottle; Looking For Highly Qualified Professionals; An Atmosphere of Mutual Respect; Anonymity Guaranteed; 3 . Trial Balloons; More Highly Qualified Professionals; Something Wrong; The Guinea Pigs; Early Days; Take Off; Eureka!; Let Down; Let the Chips Fall Where they May; 4 . As Fur As You Kin Go; Word of Mouth; Pastures New; Trouble; The Human Stallion; An Uneasy Truce; 5 . Troubleshooting; A Woman in a Thousand; An Unusual Suggestion.; title: Career DevelopmentThe Other 999; Miss Perfect; Affirmative Action; PVC; Equal Opportunities; 6 . A Fine Romance; Time Management; Deprivation; 7 . A Higher Power; The Big Break; The Net Closes; Doing Good By Doing Good; Colophon; Subscribers; Note to the Reader; 8 . The Future Is Ours; Competition; There's More to Life than Money; Someone to Talk to; Genius Strikes Again; And Again; That's All, Folks; Acknowledgments.