Who gets promoted, who doesn't, and why : 10 things you'd better do if you want to get ahead / Donald Asher.
By: Asher, Donald
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BookPublisher: Berkeley CA : Ten Speed Press, c2007Description: vi, 168 p. : maps ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781580088206 (pbk.); 1580088201 (pbk.).Subject(s): Career development -- United States | Promotions -- United States | Business and Management | Business & Management | Advice on careers & achieving successDDC classification: 370.113 ASH | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Do your job, do it well, and you'¬?ll be rewarded, right? Actually, probably not. According to career guru Donald Asher advancement at work is less about skill sets and more about strategy. WHO GETS PROMOTED, WHO DOESN'¬?T, AND WHY details exactly what puts one employee on the fast track to an exceptional career, while another stays on the treadmill to mediocrity.Whether you'¬?re new to the workforce or feeling stagnant and overlooked, this book is your ticket to advancement. Learn: why timing is more important than talenthow corporations really make promotion decisions how to avoid career mistakes you don'¬'t even know you'¬?re making and the ten proven strategies for advancement regardless of your industry and experience If you want to know how to begin controlling your own destiny, the solution is not to work harder but to work smarter. WHO GETS PROMOTED, WHO DOESN'¬?T, AND WHY can help you do just that ReviewsKennedy-Krannich Top 10 career book pick of the year: "A brilliant book by a top career consultant offers startling new conclusions (timing is more important than talent, for example) based on interviews with hundreds of fast-track careerists who reveal how corporations really make promotion decisions."-Los Angeles Times Syndicate"A little book with a big message . . . Must-reading for anyone who is interested in building their career."-About.com"I doubled my income with the tips in this book "-Adele Liss, public relations executive, San Francisco
"Some portions of this book originally appeared in other forms in the Wall Street Journal's Managing Your Career magazine and CareerJournal.com. Reprinted by permission from Dow Jones & Co., Inc., and CareerJournal.com, the free executive career site from the Wall Street Journal."
Includes index.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Timing is at least as important as performance or talent -- You have to get noticed -- Lifelong learning is required for lifelong success -- All of business is sales -- You need an ascension plan, but always make your boss look good -- Suction -- Find guardian angels and benefactors -- Move, dammit. and here's why -- Find the right mix of prepared and lucky.
Packed with stories from a wide variety of fields and industries, this text shows how to position and present yourself to your employer so that the next time opportunity knocks, you'll be the obvious choice for promotion.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. iv)
- Introduction (p. v)
- 1 Timing Is as Important as Performance or Talent (p. 1)
- 2 You Have to Get Noticed (p. 20)
- 3 Lifelong Learning Is Required for Lifelong Success (p. 44)
- 4 All Business Is Sales (p. 60)
- 5 You Need an Ascension Plan, But... (p. 78)
- 6 Always Make Your Boss Look Good (p. 100)
- 7 Suction-It Pays to Stand Next to Superstars (p. 119)
- 8 Find Guardian Angels and Benefactors (p. 130)
- 9 Move-Dammit-and Here's Why (p. 140)
- 10 Find the Right Mix of Prepared and Lucky (p. 157)
- Index (p. 165)