Dante's Cubicle

Paving the Road from Hell in Corporate America

by Carl L. Harshman & Ryan D. Harshman


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Softcover
£13.07
Softcover
£13.07

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 23/02/2015

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 240
ISBN : 9781496966247

About the Book

This is a business fiction, but . . . the stories are based on real life events. Michael, a young, enthusiastic engineer in his first full-time job, narrates life with this “worker bee” colleagues in the world of cubicles. The colleagues are a diverse group of individuals one is likely to find in such a setting. Early in the book a mysterious character appears to engage Michael in dialogues about what is going on in the Archangel Corporation. This mysterious individual provides perspective and occasional advice to Michael on what he is experiencing and how he might engage it going forward. Everyone who has worked in an American corporation can identify with Michael’s and the group’s experiences and gain some perspective on the alternatives during the journey.


About the Author

Carl L. Harshman is a full-time organization and leadership consultant with a varied work history. During the last three decades, he has been a consultant to corporations such as Ford, Goodyear, General Dynamics, Boeing, and General Atomics as well as to a number of nonprofit and educational institutions. For the first two decades, his work focused on changing organizational cultures through joint efforts between labor and management. In the last decade, the focus shifted to leadership and leadership development. His work experience has included wide-ranging jobs, from hourly assembly-line worker and construction worker to insurance sales, nonprofit field executive, and professor/college dean. He has a deep regard for and interest in Native tradition both the spiritual and cultural aspects of the tribal cultures and the work of the medicine people.

Dr. Harshman is a speaker and author with an interest in the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where he consults, does research, writes, and teaches part-time at Saint Louis University.