They are the mentors you wish you knew, with the heads-up you wish you’d had.

The authors venture into the areas that you really need to
know in order to survive in the corporate world. Mainstream
office cultures can run counter to our own in so many ways.
From dress to language, from surface friendliness to personal
privacy and from transparency in opinions to silent strategizing –
there are many interactions that are ripe for misinterpretation.

For many of us, work is a place where emotions are
evoked but expected to be squelched with a smile. The resultant
stress makes the weariness of dealing with implicit bias
unbearable, much less the job itself.

Authors Richard America and Bernard Anderson provide a
supportive perspectives and well explained strategies to help
you through. They are the mentors you wish you knew, with the
heads up that you wish you’d had.

This book provides the guard rails on the path to your reaching
your goals and keeping your soul and temper intact in the process.