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Work Would Be Great If It Weren't For the People

Making Office Politics Work for You

Hyperion, 1999 更多详情


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

Let’s face it: We all want to climb the corporate ladder. The trick is to climb without appearing to do so. Everyone has an agenda. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to uncover hidden agendas and use them to your advantage. Ronna Lichtenberg knowingly decodes office politics as usual. Her book addresses time management, starting a new job and ending an old one, gossip, and business travel. The book is easy to read and inexpensive. If there were such a thing as a "beach business book," this would certainly classify. However, clever though it is, it doesn’t cover any new territory. If you’re already a top-ranking executive, you probably know everything here. getAbstract recommends this book for those who are still on their way up the ladder or those who may have forgotten some of the rules for making it to the top.

Take-Aways

  • To succeed, you must be good at office politics.
  • Be wary when starting a new job. Approach others with caution. Don’t jump right in until you have surveyed the landscape.
  • Respect your co-workers’ time.

About the Authors

Ronna Lichtenberg  is currently the chief executive officer of Clear Peak Communications, a marketing and consulting firm. She was previously the senior vice president of external affairs at Prudential Securities Inc. Gene Stone  is the author of Little Girl Fly Away and has written for numerous national magazines.


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