Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses and Other Tricky Situations at Work - Softcover

The author's friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read . . . Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience . . . Highly recommended (Stephanie Klose Library Journal)

Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing . . . the advice, though not always by the book, is surprisingly sensible when it comes to diffusing everyday conflict (People Management)

Clear and concise in its advice, and expansive in its scope, Ask A Manager is the book I wish I'd had in my desk drawer when I was starting out (or even, let's be honest, fifteen years in). Alison Green's pragmatic approach to solving workplace dilemmas - from taking criticism to dishing it out - will make you not only a better, happier employee, it will help you tolerate less-than-perfect managers and put you well on your way to having their job someday . . . and doing it better (Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, Get Your Sh*t Together, and You Do You)

I am a HUGE fan of Alison Green's 'Ask a Manager' column. I never miss it and always want more. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces - and to do so with grace, confidence and a sense of humour (Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide)

Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic, but firm way. Alison Green covers just about every conceivable awkward moment you can (and will) experience as an employee, coworker, or boss and then gives you a script for how to address and, more importantly, solve the problem

(Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together)

For those of us who navigate the complexities of the workplace at this point in history, whether we have somehow blundered into being managers ourselves or are merely data-entry peons, Alison Green is a treasure and a gift. Her writing is funny, fresh, clear, and helpful (Nicole Cliffe The Toast)

Ask a Manager is essential reading for anyone who has to navigate the weirdness of office culture, managers who are possibly unhinged, or the dreaded coworker who will just not stop talking. Alison Green is the workplace mentor you always wanted-wise, kind and unflappable (Jolie Kerr, author of My Boyfriend Barfed In My Handbag ... And Other Things You Can’t Ask Martha)

This book should be required reading for anyone who manages or gets managed - or often finds themselves feeling like the only one who has ever had a bad coworker, or needs to give notice or ask for a raise. This book handles just about every work conundrum you've ever stayed up late at night worried about. I'd recommend reading it . . . and then conspicuously leaving it in your break room. Green is the work guru we've been reading for years: of course her book is fantastic! (Alida Nugent, author of Don’t Worry, It Gets Worse and You Don’t Have to Like Me)