One year after receiving my MBA, I happened by my old campus library and found this book in the discard rack. Since it was only about 75 cents, I took a chance. Boy, did I get my money's worth and then some. Talk about a positive Net Present Value investment! Apart from being very funny, this short (166 pages including the index) tome contained more practical knowledge than any of the textbooks that I had trudged through in the previous 2 years. The book is set up as a collection of 32 essays broken up into 5 general topics; Marketing, HR, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, and Change. The common tool in all these essays is the fictional interaction between the author and famous people (the Pope, Micheal Jackson, Gandhi, etc.) that the author freely admits he has never met. No ambiguity here. Mr. Gibbons says whatever is on his mind, and there is no missing his central points. This is an excellent book. I would have given it 5 stars, but with a copyright of 1996, I fear it' Pop culture references are growing a bit dated. Perhaps it is time for an update (working title: "This indecision is ABSOLUTELY final. (This time I mean it!)")
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