Sock Monkeys: How to Sockceed in Business - Paperback

by Dee Lindner (Author)

In a work world where one seemingly has to schmooze or lose, we relish special insights into the key for success. In Sock Monkeys: How to Sockceed in Business, colorful action-oriented photographs of charming red-heel sock monkeys complement each witticism doing what they do best-making us smile with their humor-filled parody of the business world. We often admire those who 'sockceed' and wonder how they've reached the top of the heap. Do they have a secret formula? Special charisma? Inside information? Our iconic sock monkeys have plenty to say about the climb to the top. A surprise ending awaits those who submerse themselves in this sockastic compelling page-turner and dare to go all the way. No fair peeking!How to Sockceed in Business is a tribute to Ray "RC" Peterson (1917-2014), a businessman and friend who, beginning in 1938, held various positions with the Nelson Knitting Company-the Rockford, Illinois manufacturer of the famed red-heel socks that became the sunny smiles and red bums of America's beloved sock monkeys. He climbed the corporate ladder and became the last President of the Company in 1957. Included in this keepsake for all to enjoy, a memo from Ray, also known as the "Monkey Man," is shared on his Nelson Knitting Company letterhead about the Red-heel Sock Monkey Tradition.The workforce-at-large, graduates, and anyone who needs a refresher course about good (or bad) business sense sock monkey style will delight in this cute and collectible quality keepsake-for who hasn't heard of sock monkeys!

Author Biography

Artist and award winning photographer, Dee Lindner, has had her sock money-themed work featured on radio, television, in magazines, and newspapers across the U.S.A. Novelty products based on her action-oriented photographs of sock monkeys have been published by Andrews McMeel, Bradford Checks, Ltd., Galison, Peaceable Kingdom, and Peter Pauper Press, and sold throughout the world. She has written articles about collectibles and other items for magazines such as Country Collectible, Country Victorian, and Cappers. She has appeared on the cover of Country Woman Magazine, wherein she shared her 'socktastic' story. Dee Lindner promotes the Red-heel Sock Monkey Tradition through her work. She has authored a number of sock monkey-themed books: Monkey Love; Friends Knock Your Socks Off; Sew Cute and Collectible Sock Monkeys; Sock Monkeys: Coloring Book; Sock Monkeys: Summer Fun Coloring Book; Sock Monkeys: America's Love Story; Sock Monkeys: Thready Wisdom, Sock Monkeys and You On Your Socksational Day; Sock Monkeys and You On Your Sockpendous Day; and Sock Monkeys: How to Sockceed in Business. Dee invites everyone to join in the fun of the Red-heel Sock Monkey Tradition and encourages one-and-all to create magical monkey moments of their own. "Going, Going, Gone!" is a cozy mystery book-with a sock monkey moment in it- Dee has co-written under the shared pseudonym A. N. Charles with her husband, Gary. This work is the first book in the Nikki Carson auction series.