Pearls of wisdom from best selling author John Gray.

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Product Description

From the author of the "Mars and Venus" series, here is a prescription for achieving lasting success, fulfilment and happiness at work. The advice extends to men and women and stresses the need to focus on what you love and what is important in life.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #892043 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Like his bestselling Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus and the string of other self-help books which have flowed from John Gray's pen since, How to Get What you Want in the Workplace is based on the simple truism that men and women think and behave differently. Workplace misunderstandings, Gray argues, often stem from gender differences and viewpoints. "Martians" and "Venusians" can work together better once they understand this.

Women, for example, want to share work problems with colleagues but are not looking for male quick-fix solutions. Rather, they need to be listened to but too often aren't. "One of the biggest obstacles women face in earning the respect of men is their attitude regarding business transactions in the workplace" writes Gray. "When a woman take things personally and feels hurt, excluded, rejected, unappreciated or offended by typical Martian behaviour, she alienates herself."

It's a practical book to be used selectively, its author recommends, like a buffet meal. It ranges across attitudes to, and the definition of, sexual harassment, workplace feelings, and an account of how manners and "sharing" (also known as talking) come from Venus, but rules and grumbling are the province of Mars. Although Gray has laboured this lucrative planetary metaphor through more than 13 titles it remains a useful way of analysing and resolving tensions.

It could help anyone wanting to improve workplace relationships. The problem is that sometimes one has a sneaking suspicion that Gray is just an old-fashioned guy putting down women (who don't play competitive sport and who therefore don't understand the rules of combat, as one of Gray's odder arguments runs) with suggestions that male colleagues should buy them flowers and fetch them glasses of water. --Susan Elkin

From the Publisher
From the bestselling author of Mars and Venus series here is the ultimate prescription for how to create lasting success, fulfilment and happiness in your work. In How to Get What You Want at Work, John Gray provides the guide for real and lasting success and happiness at work.

About the Author
John Gray is a psychologist and bestselling author of Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus. He is a popular and frequent guest on TV and radio, including Oprah's dynamic Change Your Life TV team.

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Customer Reviews

Misleading Title and Boring
The title of this book is misleading; it would be more accurate to call it "Mars and Venus in the Workplace". It is basically a repackaging of other "Mars and Venus" books in a workplace setting and seems to put all workplace difficulties down to differences between the sexes. In my experience there are a likely to be difficulties between people of the same sex as there are between people of different sexes. Also I have seen many of the attitudes/traits it says belongs to men in women and vice-versa.

If you are having communication problems between the sexes, it may be of limited use, but even then I think the original Mars and Venus is probably better.

I also found its style very boring and monotonous and I had to force myself to keep reading to see if it got any better. It didn't. Overall I think this book was a waste of my money.