A guide to rocking the corporate boat and staying afloat in organizations that leave little room for differences. Debra Meyerson reveals that adaptive, diverse, family-friendly and socially responsible workplaces are built not by revolutionaries but by those she calls tempered radicals - people who successfully walk the tightrope between conformity and rebellion. She presents a spectrum of effective responses to the pressure to conform that range from resisting quietly to leveraging small wins to mobilizing others in legitimate but powerful ways. Seeking to honour people's everyday experiences and efforts, the text explores the many ways in which people have felt pressure to conform and have managed to stand up for who they are and what they believe. The volume is designed to provide a framework for understanding how to express personal differences in a corporate setting.