by Rhonda Abrams
The cool thing about being a grownup is that you don't have to listen to your mom lecturing you to "eat your vegetables." Nor do you have to read on when Abrams spouts Mom's maxims as irritatingly folksy advice for corporate managers. But then you'd miss out on some fascinating profiles of companies that have played nice and reaped rewards—like 3M, which encourages employees to spend 15 percent of their time experimenting on projects outside their job description. As Mother Abrams would say, "How do you know you don't like it if you've never tried it?" (Villard, $22.95)
Bottom Line: Mom may know best, but she prattles on
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