We all know Weasel.  You know, the person who threatens to take down his organization to advance his career, regardless of how it affects others, to advance his career.  Warriors, Workers, Wheeners, and Weasels: The 4 Personality Type in Business and How to Manage Your Advantage by Entrepreneur Tim O'Leary takes a fresh look at the various celebrities we encounter and how to handle them.

 The premise of the book is that essentially everyone fits into one of four personality groups - Warrior, Worker, Weiner or Weasel.  Defines each as following:

 Warriors, who face change, see possibilities, innovate and manage to win!

 Workers, who deal with the ups and downs of everyday corporate life, reliably, and who can reliably implement the change and direction established by the warriors.

 The henchmen, who lead a life by complaining about everything, who accept negativity and resentment wherever they go and blame others for their shortcomings.

 Vessels who lurk everywhere and risk their career and life-goals through their own deceptions and insecurities and who quickly spread these feelings throughout the organization.

 The book is designed to help you understand which group you fit into, gives you the tools you need to get the group you want and learn how to work effectively with the people in each group.  how to deal.  The book actually does a great job of forcing you to analyze the truth.  JudgingLeary warns you that you may not like what you like, but also want to say that you are in control and you have to make changes in your life to change your will.

 Even more interesting (and fun) is imagining people you know and placing them in their appropriate categories.  We have all encountered a wiener or vessel and it helps to know what to tick and how to treat them effectively so that they do not negatively impact your life.  O'Leary uses an analogy for the common cold - you can't completely eliminate weasels from your life, but you can take precautions to limit the frequency in which they enter your life and  The damage that they do while they are a part of it.

 TransformingLeary uses a mixed light-hearted humor with a fiercely in-depth approach to combining a business book and a self-help book in an exciting fashion.  One chapter may focus on a self-analysis, the next about personal stories and management from O'Leary's experiences.  The book is over 200 pages, but reads half the speed of that book.  I often found myself reading several chapters in one sitting, a testament to the authors' ability to keep readers interested.  If there is a downside (and it is not too much), it is that the evidenceLeary is so brutally honest that it may rub some people the wrong way, especially those who fall into the Weiner and Weasel groups.

 Warriors, Workers, Wheeners, and Weasels: The 4 Personality Type in Business and How to Manage Your Advantage to Tim O'Leary, a must read for every entrepreneur, business owner, manager and activist seeking to learn more about themselves.  Take advantage of their best traits, and protect yourself from those who may sabotage in their careers.