Power Freaks ─ Dealing With Them in the Workplace or Anyplace

Weiner, the author of previous books on popular psychology, categorizes different types of power freaks, from the arrogant and obsessed to the messianic and psychopathic, and explains why they act as they do and how to cope with them. He traces the power drive back to our prehistoric ancestors, then shows how to recognize these potentially destructive people in everyday life and deal with them within the context of corporate culture. Weiner is on the external board of advisors of the Health Emotions Research Institute of the University of Wisconsin. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David L. Weiner (Chicago, IL) is author of the psychology bestseller Battling the Inner Dummy: The Craziness of Apparently Normal People, Power Freaks: Dealing with Them in the Workplace or Anyplace, and Reality Check: What Your Mind Knows, but Isn't Telling You. He is also on the external board of advisers of the HealthEmotions Research Institute of the University of Wisconsin, and is the founder and CEO of Marketing Support, Inc., a $100-million marketing agency with clients including IBM, Motorola, Home Depot, Xerox, and many other Fortune 500 companies.