James E. Alston's No More Mr. Nice Guy is a multi-faceted, honest, stirring autobiography, an educational guide, an historical analysis, and an informative read.

Autobiography:
In this professional autobiography, Alston writes with heartfelt conviction from an insider's perspective as a top restaurant executive for over thirty years. A lesson in strength and grace, Alston shares his hard knocks up the corporate ladder and his final courtroom coup d’état. This book is an eye-opening journey that spans three decades of a man's life in which he played the game, played it well, and was inevitably rewarded and ultimately discarded on issues of race.

History of Workplace Discrimination: A 30-Year Retrospective
Alston tells it like it is and how it has been for thirty years in the food and beverage industry. The author unveils common, often covert discriminatory practices that are perpetrated and perpetuated with an old boys' club mentality. This professional autobiography spans three decades' experience of a top African American executive and points an accusing finger at corporate America to remind us that we have a long road ahead of us. The challenges in the workplace are clear-the future is now.

Educational Guide:
No More Mr. Nice Guy is a powerful must-read for managers, employees, company owners, and those involved in all levels of employment. His subordinates, fellow managers, and executives that we meet through this text teach invaluable lessons on how to handle undue and inappropriate pressure, tenacity, and how each of us-no matter our color or creed-has a breaking point.

The author helps managers understand Equal Opportunity Employer laws, statutes, and guidelines as much as he helps employees learn to draw a line on what is appropriate and how to choose their battles in order to win the war. Ultimately, the author uses his first-hand experience to create a workplace which, if mirrored, is victimless, thereby creating business environments where resolution is based on evenhandedness and justice will always be served.

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