Weirdos in the Workplace: The New Normal

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Weirdos in the Workplace: The New Normal--Thriving in the Age of the Individual
Author: John Putzier
Review Written By: Adaera

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Finally a book for the weirdos out there who find it hard to fit into a regular working environment and for those of us who work with them. I fall into both categories, so there is alot of material in this book I could relate to. In fact, this book could apply to any staff member at KillaNet Technology, a company which thrives on individuality and creativity.

Throughout this well-researched work, Mr. Putzier lets us know that it's okay to be an individual in the 21st century. He successfully identifies many personality types and gives tips on how to work with those personalities and help them to achieve career satisfaction. While I was reading the book, it was very easy to identify our own staff members in the words on the pages.

This handbook is a must for anyone-especially managers-who works with highly creative, highly productive people. Mr. Putzier's ideas are very common-sense, even though at first glance the uninitiated would think he was off his rocker. In this day and age of new work models, it makes sense to strive towards a working environment which is flexible enough to help corporations meet their objectives while keeping their weirdo employees happy and productive.

This book also has ideas for helping those employees who fall into the non-weirdo category cope with the weirdos they share office space with-many of which seem like comman sense to me, because I'm one of the weirdos; however to those not used to working with creative people, the suggestions could be a sanity-saver. I would not hesitate in the least to make this required reading for anyone wanting to get into business and/or personnel management.