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Throwing the ElephantStanley Bing

Throwing the Elephant

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What Would Machiavelli Do? and Throwing the Elephant. Fortune's Stanley Bing has written two very different but complementary survival guides for today's business world. Inspired by the Florentine master, Bing offers (in Machiavelli) a way of seeing colleagues and rivals from 50,000 feet -- as teeny-tiny ants you can squish. When this method doesn't work (e.g., you have a boss), Bing counsels a Zen approach (in Elephant) that will allow you to render the elephant (i.e., your boss) weightless -- and throw and play catch with it at corporate retreats.Sit down. Breathe deep. This is the last…

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4 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2003
    Collins · 240 pages · 9780060934224
  • Ebook · English · 2002
    HarperCollins · 9780060084912
  • Other · English · 2002
    HarperBusiness · 201 pages · 9780060188610
  • Other · Spanish · 2002
    El zen y el arte de dominar al jefe
    Javier Vergara Editor · 238 pages · 9788466610087
Managing your bossZen BuddhismBuddhismInterpersonal relationsBudismoAspectos religiososManejar a su jefeRelaciones humanas