Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work

The ideal graduation gift for anyone about to enter the workforce, a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversationsamp;mdash;featuring all-new advice from the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York's work-advice columnist.

There's a reason Alison Green has been called "the Dear Abby of the work world." Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don't know what to say. Thankfully, Green doesamp;mdash;and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career.

You'll learn what to say when:

• Coworkers push their work on youamp;mdash;then take credit for it
• You accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit "reply all"
• You're being micromanagedamp;mdash;or not being managed at all
• You catch a colleague in a lie
• Your boss seems unhappy with your work
• Your cubemate's loud speakerphone is making you homicidal
• You got drunk at the holiday party