The thing about work is that we love it, we hate it, we need it, we miss it, we measure ourselves by it. Work is often the characteristic that defines us and fulfills us. In this groundbreaking exploration, Dr. Richard Moran takes a common-sense survey of the working world and offers tips on how to thrive in the professional world. Through funny, prescriptive essays, Moran finds the issues and challenges that we all face every day, but that are not covered in employee training. This very contemporary look at the working world may well prove invaluable for all of us worker bees.

Richard A. Moran is the president of Menlo College in Atherton, California. He is the author of Never Confuse a Memo with Reality and he hosts a radio show on KCBS called In the Workplace.

Dr. Tom Byers is the Faculty Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.