Puttin' Cologne on the Rickshaw

Puttin’ Cologne on the Rickshaw is dedicated to understanding and combating the proliferation of rude and uncivil behavior in our society and especially the workplace. It analyzes the myriad games people play and how they lead to the downright evil cultures present in today’s modern dysfunctional workplaces. It analyzes the ranks of the sociopaths and sycophants that populate the average workplace and the backstabbing methods they use to better their careers at the expense of yours. It also takes aim and investigates the most onerous behavior of them all—bullying in all its forms. It exposes the management and leadership abyss and the problems of organizational amnesia, plausible deniability, blamestorming, and fear of surprise, and how they all infect and poison the workplace culture. It lampoons the infamous performance review and pay-for-performance processes. It provides sage advice on how to survive the modern workplace and become a true leader in spite of what goes on around you.

Mr. Bouffard is an accomplished leader whose common sense and instincts have made him a success in a wide array of firms, from Fortune 500 companies to start-up enterprises. Mr. Bouffard has exceled using his genuine, down to earth, hands-on leadership style which has allowed him to be successful in a variety of industries and demanding business environments. In his career Mr. Bouffard worked his way up from very humble beginnings to the executive management suite observing, and being forced to participate in, all the political and personal games that are played, day in and day out, in the average workplace. With this in-depth knowledge and first-hand experience he is in a unique position to write a tell-all confession exposing the modern workplace in its true form.