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Secrets of Success at Work, The: 10 Steps to Accelerating Your Career
- By Richard Hall
- Published May 11, 2012 by FT Press.
- Copyright 2012
- Dimensions: 6" x 9"
- Pages: 176
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-13-306638-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-306638-8
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Product Author Bios
Richard Hall is the author of Brilliant Presentation (1e and 2e), Secrets of Success at Work, Brilliant Marketing, and Brilliant Business Creativity. He spent his early career as a marketer at Reckitt's, RHM, and Corgi Toys before moving into senior roles in the world of advertising. Richard now runs his own consultancy, chairs Showcase Communications, Shaftesbury Young People, and the Friends of St. Nicholas. He lives in Brighton.
With the working world in turmoil and hundreds of thousands of people experiencing the reality of redundancy for the first time, this book shows how anyone can stay one step ahead and become brilliant at what they do. These are real secrets. Pearls of wisdom learned through years of experience in some of the most competitive companies around. They are the secrets that seriously successful people use to get ahead, even when times are tough. Here are ten core principles that you can use to be the very best at what you do. They're shameless crutches on which to leverage your talent, powerful ways to develop a reputation for excellence and winning strategies that will help ensure your survival in any economic climate. Readers will learn how to
- Market themselves
- Get along with their bosses and colleagues alike
- Be a positive force for optimism and forward thinking
- Get more done, in less time
- Set their priorities and manage their time so they're never caught off-guard
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Author is barking, By InfoFish "Swimming the Information Streams" (Los Angles, CA) - See all my reviews
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I feel slightly hung over after reading this book. You sit down to read it and it just goes faster and faster. Disjointed stories, relevant points and the end of the chapter reviews are the formula over and over again, ten times, for this book. There are a few very excellent exercises and the chapter on (and many other references) IMAGE - always back to the point that you really need to see yourself how others see you (get a makeover, lose weight, buy the right clothing) is probably the most important one. Especially to/for Americans. The book is clearly written by a British author and the reference points all slant to the UK/Euro experience. I was hoping to find something a bit more practical and how-to, especially since I am being made redundant in the very near future. This book is more like a HBR summary of their most popular issues - Diversity in Teams; Productivity; Management Styles; Managing up... lol - now that I think about it the HBR follows a quite similar...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Positive pointers for your working life., By
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A fairly brief, very readable treatise on what works in the workplace, and how to overcome some obstacles that may keep you from moving up. The "secrets" are not terribly new, consisting mostly of restated common sense ideas about how to behave, how to promote yourself without being a jerk, how to relate to difficult colleagues and supervisors, how to think about the job, and when to make a change. It's helpful to have these reasonable and positive tips and pointers in a handy-dandy easy-to-refer to book, especially when the job and/or the competition is getting you down and you need an encouraging boost.Recommended. Four and a half stars only because the ground covered is not all that original.
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Short, easy, helpful, pleasant..., By
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are the adjectives that popped into my mind when I stopped to review this book. It is a very quick read at 159 pages. It is easy to read, with lots of white space and simple diagrams. While no blazing new information, I did find that there were good recommendations/reminders like "help your boss and they will help you and your career" and "if you hate your job, change it or change your attitude." Overall it was a pleasant read and the exercises were not traumatizing. (And by traumatizing, if you have ever taken a "career quiz" and been more frustrated than when you started, these easy exercises are not like that.)While it does have a British slant--the author was completely enamored by New York City!--with references to stores/cities/restaurants I have never heard of, the advice is pretty relevant to the "normal" office environment. Mind you it is very basic--written by an advertising guy so think depth of a print ad or tv commercial (bite sized nuggets). If you... Read more |
Table of Contents
Foreword v
Introduction: How to find your own “WOW” factor (and then how to develop it) vii
Chapter 1: Look in the mirror. That’s the real you...say hello and be amazed 1
Chapter 2: To be told “you really look as though you know where you are going” is high praise 19
Chapter 3: Become a powerful learning machine 33
Chapter 4: Rediscover the lost art of listening 47
Chapter 5: I love pineapples: the state of enthusiasm that beats the blues 61
Chapter 6: Help your boss and they will help you and your career 77
Chapter 7: Individuals contribute, but it’s teams that win 89
Chapter 8: “Are you being served?” Why responsiveness is so important 105
Chapter 9: The power to attract 119
Chapter 10: Be a thinker and a doer and a magician 137
Conclusion: A master class in accelerating your career 153
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