TEMPERED RADICALS: How People Use Difference to Inspire Change at Work

Meyerson, a professor of organizational behavior, offers insights into how people who have encountered difficulty at work—because of politics, personality, ethnicity, etc.—can alter their workplace behavior. With real-life examples from unnamed companies, the author shows that the key to success is in making the appropriate response, based on timing, stakes, likelihood of success and consequences of failure. Pitched toward managers and human resource professionals, the book includes a number of intriguing, practical approaches that should help employees navigate sticky situations. (Sept.)