Dale Dauten's Newspaper Columns

The Corporate Curmudgeon

A weekly commentary on the human side of business....

Syndicated by King Features, Dale's Corporate Curmudgeon column runs in dozens of publications nationwide.

From his awards for the "Worst Phone System in America," to his "11 Reasons to be Glad You Don't Work in Human Resources," to his "25 Warning Signs You are Becoming a Bureaucrat," to his "Letter to Good Bosses Everywhere," it's a weekly adventure into the good, the bad and the ugly sides of business life.

The Most Useful Business Conference in America

• "I Can't Think of Anything Else I'd Rather Be Doing"
• What Management Really Wants

Special Guest Columns

• Finding Value in Chaos

Popular Leadership Columns

• The Best There Is
• The Art of Impedership
• The Accidental Jerk
• The (Bleep)ing Boss
• In Praise of the Weird Ones

"The Five Greatest Advice Books of All Time" Series

1. Letters From A Stoic
2. Climbing the Blue Mountain
3. The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. How to Win Friends and Influence People
5. Bushido: The Way of the Samurai

Popular Past Columns

• How to Build an Idea Factory
• Quotations From The Corporate Curmudgeon
• The Whiners and the Hummers
• What the Human Resources Department Won't Tell You
• The Clerk With The Smirk
• A Commencement Address You'll Never Hear
• The Second Annual Commencement Address I'll Never Be Asked To Give

J.T. and Dale Talk Jobs

Career experts J.T. O'Donnell and Dale Dauten have teamed up to write the new weekly column, J.T. and Dale Talk Jobs.

Written in a quick-to-read Q & A format, it provides job hunters and career changers of all levels with the information they need to succeed in today's competitive job market.

Popular Past Columns by Dale Dauten and J.T. O'Donnell

• Flip-Flopping at Work
• The Big Sweat
• "What the Tarnation?"