@ Daniel Pasco "I read it immediately and have been passing the book around to my employees and directing them to at least read the portion I think are relevant to what they are currently working on. Most of them have kept reading and expressed great enthusiasm for it."

Crap. My company buys books too. And has us read them. And then laughs at us or worse when we make suggestions couched in terms found in the book. It's as if they secretly chortle "Sucker! You *fell* for *that*!!??".

I truly hope you're better at this than we are.

Rands, I'm sorry, but I won't be buying the book. It hurts too much to see how some people actually manage vs. react... [sigh]