{"product_id":"common-sense-ken-tanner-9781430241522","title":"Common Sense: Get It, Use It, and Teach It in the Workplace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"He may have an MBA, but he's got no common sense.\" Assessments like that by a boss can stop a career dead in its tracks. Unfortunately, many believe that common sense is a trait you are either born with or you are not. This book dispels that myth. Through the pages of \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense: Get It, Use It, and Teach It in the Workplace\u003c\/em\u003e readers will learn not only what common sense is, but how to acquire it and use it to enhance their careers, increase their confidence, and take better advantage of business opportunities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e explores the use--and non-use--of common sense in the workplace and the world around us. It shows how you can become a person of great wisdom and good judgment by simply learning about all the ways people stumble in the thought process. Author \u003cstrong\u003eKen Tanner\u003c\/strong\u003e, a seasoned manager, consultant, and former regional vice president for two major U.S. restaurant chains, shows readers how to make better decisions, how to spot and avoid fallacious thinking, how to better assess ambiguous situations, and how to become a mature thinker with a knack for making the right move at just the right time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Best of all, \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e shows how to teach this trait to others, especially subordinates and co-workers who can and will do nonsensical things unless you help them learn to reason through their decisions and actions quickly and confidently. The payoff? Your staff will make you look good, greasing the way for greater responsibility and opportunity. This book: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes you through an understanding of the term \"common sense\"--what it means and what it doesn't mean. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how fallacies create barriers to using common sense. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides dozens of examples of the application (as well as rejection) of common sense in the business world and elsewhere. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how to teach common sense to others. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Tanner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1430241527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781430241522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Ken Tanner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064738902271,"sku":"9781430241522","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db2dab97-c290-41ad-bfc3-e899fb7284e4.jpg?v=1685397271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/common-sense-ken-tanner-9781430241522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}