Power to Persuade CL

Government appointees and workers in nonprofit institutions can learn much from this authoritative, pithy guide to effective and rewarding service in the public sector, where, according to the author, more Americans now work than in manufacturing. A foreign affairs adviser to President Bush and a senior director of the National Security Council, Haass posits an imaginary ``compass'' whose four cardinal points represent bosses, subordinates, co-workers and outside contacts. He advises managers how to maintain good working relations with all points of their compass to achieve their goals when there is no measurable bottom line, as in the private sector. In the process, he believes the effectiveness of workers in the government bureaucracies and such institutions as charitable foundations and religious organizations will be increased. Author tour. (May)