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Stuck in your job? Perhaps, you may not have been doing the right thing?What you think is the right thing to do for your job may be the wrong thing to do for your career. Or perhaps, someone else has been using you to do the wrong things? Ironically, it is easier to move up the ladder doing evil than doing your job.What you need to move ahead may not be doing evil, but at least you need to understanding "evil." What is "doing evil"?This book gives an insight into successful "evil" techniques for climbing up the corporate ladder. The author provides a holistic analysis of each "evil" method and explains why it works and the circumstances that it applies. Whether you are an ambitious or contented employee, you should know "evil practices." Evil exists regardless of whether you condone it or not. If you are not using it, you should at least be aware if it is used against you. You may not want to be the master of evil, neither do you want to be the pawn. The understanding of "doing evil" will save you years of anguish and missteps. It will help you rethink the way you have been working. This book compiles "evil" techniques employed by employees at different organizational levels, from workers, managers, to senior management. Regardless of the level of your career, there is an aspect of evil for your understanding. If you cannot get your workers to perform, perhaps they have been "evil"? The content of this book has been used to guide organizations to rethink the way they have been working and correct their dysfunctional behavior. Whether you are an employee or an employer, you will find this book useful in understanding people's behavior in the corporate world.
Favoring neither the "in your face" aggressive tactics nor the "sugar and spice and everything nice" little-girl approach, Archambeau shows women how to be outstandingly successful and personally actualized without becoming just like men.
“Skip’s account of the founding of JanSport wreaks of honesty, humor, and enough anecdotes to stir a memory in almost anyone who has spent time outside.” —Larry Burke, Editor-in-Chief, Outside Magazine From small-town Kansas boy to adventure-junkie extraordinaire to respected mountaineer, this funky and funny read traces Skip Yowell’s (cofounder of JanSport) unorthodox journey to the top of the outdoor industry. Full of offbeat details and photos from Skip’s adventures around the world, he lets it all hang out as he offers you a rare behind-the-scenes look at the three hippies who built a successful company during the Summer of Love . . . how their good vibrations continue to change an entire industry . . . and why breaking the rules and taking good care of their customers keeps JanSport at the top of their game. No question, Skip’s story will take you higher. He’ll show you the ropes for whatever mountain you face. Whether he’s drinking “Commie beer” in Ohio or slurping yak butter tea in China, this book will get under your skin and into your heart. And who knows, his story might just kick-start your dreams. So go ahead. Get the book (and another for your friend). Find a chair or couch or park or plane. Get comfortable. Be inspired. Then go climb your own mountain. “With contagious enthusiasm, droll photographs and ‘60s lingo, Yowell tells the breezy story of JanSport, maker of Trail Dome tents and ubiquitous day packs.” —Publishers Weekly
This book contains my best, most up-to-date thoughts on creating your success inside a corporation. The ideas in Climbing the Corporate Ladder are a result of my 35+ years experience working for, and consulting to, many of the best known companies in the world. My Corporate Climb is based on seven simple, but powerful, common sense ideas: 1.Clarity of purpose and direction 2.Commitment to taking personal responsibility for your life and career 3.Unshakable self-confidence 4.Outstanding performance 5.Positive personal impact 6.Dynamic communication 7.Relationship building.
Is your work deeply satisfying? Do you look forward to Monday morning and the start of each new day? If you could do anything in the world without fear of failing, what would you do? Whether you're stuck in a dead-end job or are living the career of your dreams, Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos is your go-to-guide for life as a woman in the working world. You'll hear the stories of incredible women who made that precarious climb up the ladder while keeping their fashionable stilettos and heart intact. Drawing from their stories and her own, Lynette Lewis shares the secrets to purposeful work, including how to: create a purpose statement for your life and work follow the "four principles of promotion" establish a "personal board of directors" keep enduring when unrecognized, unrewarded, and underpaid discover gifts in surprising places, and more! Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos will help you discover new joy, meaning, success, and satisfaction in your life's work. Why spend your time on anything less?
The PERFECT Graduation Gift..."Corporate Ladder 101: How to Excel as a New Business Professional" book is THE how-to guide for the recent graduate and picks up on the practical side of the business world not covered in the formal education of colleges and universities. From the Office Grapevine and Office Romances to How Happy to Get at Happy Hour, "Corporate Ladder 101" provides a roadmap needed to create an image and reputation that will set the reader apart from his or her peers. Corporate Ladder 101 should also be a part of every corporation's employee orientation and on-boarding program. In addition, it should be included in college and university career planning courses.
Although it was first published more than thirty-five years ago, Up the Organization continues to top the lists of best business books by groups as diverse as the American Management Association, Strategy + Business (Booz Allen Hamilton), and The Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management. 1-800-CEO-READ ranks Townsend’s bestseller first among eighty books that “every manager must read.” This commemorative edition offers a new generation the benefit of Robert Townsend’s timeless wisdom as well as reflections on his work and life by those who knew and worked with him. This groundbreaking book continues to remind us not to get mired in all those sacred organizational routines that stifle people and strangle both profits and profitability. He shows a way to humanize business and a way to have fun while making it all work better than it ever worked before.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “provocative ... highly readable ... refreshing ... [and] practical" book (The Los Angeles Times) that explains why it is in your best interest to work as little as possible. Your company wants you to be loyal. You should feel lucky—after all, your job is a privilege (think of all those who would like to have it). And you know (despite what you’ve read about Enron and WorldCom) that management has your best interests at heart. Your goal is to devote yourself to the pursuit of corporate profit, make your company number one, and reap the benefits of its success. Or is there something else you want to do with your life? Bonjour Laziness dares to ask whether you really have a stake in the corporate sweepstakes, whether professional mobility is anything but an opiate. It shows you how to become impervious to manipulation and escape the implacable law of usefulness.
ABOUT THE BOOKReviews"I recommend this book as a 'must read' for college graduates." -- Bettie Corbin Tucker-bookreviewers.org"Human Resources would do itself a favor by presenting each new hire with a copy of this book."--Edward Halebian, Television Executive"Following the advice in this book at the start of your career will give you a 'leg up' on your competition." -- Scott Braverman, former Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor "I would highly recommend this book as a resource to students who want to succeed in their future careers." -- Stanford University Senior This isn't just another book...it's one of the best handbooks to have when you get into trouble or need ways to improve in many contexts of corporate life.--NVS, Computer Scientist Product DescriptionThe second edition (2012) of the popular career advice book,From Graduation To Corporation, is a comprehensive guide to success in the workplace and is specifically tailored to college students and recent college graduates. It is an invitation to the "Millennials" (Generation Y) to go inside the head of a corporate veteran. By examining the thought processes of a senior executive and learning from his experiences, recent college graduates can be better prepared to narrow the gap between their expectations and the expectations of their supervisors. This edition contains additional information on job search websites, social networking websites, college career centers, career fairs, dining etiquette, and the different generations in the workplace. Other key areas to career success include tips on resumes/cover letters, networking, interviewing, dealing with difficult people, dating at work, how to act in meetings, dress codes, how to stay organized, how to ask for a promotion/raise, Internet/email/telephone etiquette, and Andy's 73 "Corporate Commandments." What makes this book unique is that the author not only gives us his refreshingly honest account of his climb up the corporate ladder, but also discusses his fall from the top rungs. After working for the same two bosses in the same department of a major television and motion picture studio for over twenty years, Andy Teach found himself on the unemployment line. Find out what he did right and what he did wrong so that you can reach the top rungs of the corporate ladder . . . and stay there!