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...Grace has recently received negative publicity concerning environmental issues. The book and movie A Civil Action told the true story of chemical contamination in Woburn, Mass., where the company was accused of contaminating wells which caused children to get leukemia...
...office parlance, schmoozing is not just idle chitchat but a way of advancing your career. It deserves to be studied hard, note the authors of Vault Reports Guide to Schmoozing (Houghton Mifflin). Vault Reports is a New York City-based electronic recruiting company, and the five authors of this book feel that job seekers need to offer prospective employers a confident, pleasing touch. How does their version of schmoozing differ from networking? "Conventional networking is the clammy science of collecting business cards ad infinitum," say the authors. "No one particularly likes to network, and no one likes to receive...
...Vault Reports' book explains the subtleties of being a good office politician, and how to charm your boss, your co-workers and your clients. It's not only the upper tiers of the corporate hierarchy that you should pay attention to, says the guide. "Never assume that someone is not worth schmoozing or is too busy to talk to you." What companies are the best practitioners of schmooze? According to the guide, No. 1 is General Mills, which, the authors say, is "a marriage factory." For those who find the concept of schmoozing too calculated, the authors argue that such...
...just read your new book last week, Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners [with Henry Dreher...
...This was an easier book to write than my autobiography. [Before I won a World Series] you had to find reasons why you were a winner, even though you never wore a World Series ring...