HOW TO BE THE PERSON SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES FIGHT TO KEEP: The Insider’s Guide to Being #1 in the Workplace
Drawing on a national survey of three hundred business owners, CEOs, managers, and human resources directors, a reference guide offers readers steps on how to create their own job security and make sure they do not become a victim of downsizing. 20,000 first printing.
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4 Stars Practical advice for anyone in business
This book offers practical advice for anyone in business by showing you what CEOs deem important. The book offers tips on how to become a person a successful company would want to retain. In a business environment that has devalued long-term relationships, this book provides savvy “intraprenuers” with a way to show how you add value to business.
5 Stars Still an excellent and appropriate read!
This book applies to 2009 as much as it did to 1997 when it was written. A must read for everyone - staff and employees alike.
1 Stars Horribly demoralizing book
This book is absolutely horrible. The central tenant of the book is that you should effectively be a cog in the company machinery. You should put your personal life aside in order to be the best employee of your company as possible.
I would not want to work at a company that valued the lack of individuality that this book seems to emphasize. Not everything in the book is that bad, but it is easy to flip through to a random page of the book and find some bad advice on management or the work place environment.
In my opinion, this information is outdated and should be entirely skipped.
I reviewed the book with my manager at work for a good laugh…..
5 Stars Excellent
This is an awesome book. In clearly gives examples of how different employees are perceived and gives examples of how behavior and attitude changes can change your career or even save it if they are making cuts. Many of us go to work with poor attitudes or think we are giving 100% and no one appreciates it. This book explains how you may think you are giving 100% and not getting any mileage out of it because no one notices, or because you have serious deficiencies in other areas, so it doesn’t matter how good you are elsewhere. It helps you get out of the “I’m a victim at work, no one appreciates me, they are out to screw everyone, blah blah blah” mindset and into one where you are pleasant, eager, approachable, an advocate for your boss, etc. It really will help transform how people perceive you at work. If you are cynical and hate your employer and are not motivated to make personal changes, this book will not help you. You have to want to make the change.
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