Product Description
by David Conrad Edd (Author)
"Another Helping of Usable Answers for Practical Problems from Dr. Dave Conrad" This book is written for anyone who works, has worked, will work, or hates work. That just about covers everyone. Our work and our workplace presents challenges, such as, dealing with negative people, working with coworkers who just don't care, or having a boss who makes Josef Mengele look like Mr. Rogers.The business of working and conducting business is tough and we need to do things we like and don't like. However, there are tools and tactics that can be used to make one's work-life a whole lot more pleasant and constructive.Building on Dave's first book, Ask Dave: Applicable Answers to Business Questions, you will read real worker questions that are answered with implementable and focused advice. Dave offers reflection, analysis, and recommendations to the inquiries of organizational staff and management, who are just trying to do their best, get along, with others, have purpose in their life, and feel good about what they do. After all, isn't that what we all really want?The book is based on Dave's newspaper column, which is read by over 100,000 readers. The column is a business Q & A format and has been successfully published for the last 4 years in Southern Minnesota. Dave offers sage (at least interesting and usable) advice to management, employee, leadership, and general business questions.
Author Biography
David Conrad, Ed.D.: Dave is Associate Professor of Business at Augsburg College and is Associate Director of the Augsburg MBA program. He is also an independent business consultant working with companies in the areas of sales and marketing, management, and leadership development. Before turning to a career in business education, Dave was successful in sales, marketing, and sales and marketing management for public and private companies in the wine and spirits, industrial, and medical supply industries for almost 30 years. Dave has an Ed.D. in Leadership (organizational track) from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, a Master's Degree in Management from Saint Mary's and a B.A. in Psychology from Winona State University. His passion is teaching and helping people and organizations develop and succeed.
