The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Free Press; Revised edition (November 9, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743269519
ISBN-13: 978-0743269513

Amazon.com Review


The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges. Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more. This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book, not skim it. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've taken a powerful seminar by Covey. --Joan Price


Review

The late Skip LeFauvePresident, Saturn Corporation/General MotorsStephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People played a major role in the development of Saturn's operating systems and philosophy. Our commitment to quality and to our customers has its roots in The 7 Habits.

Ken M. RadziwanowskiAT&T School of BusinessPicture someone going through the best experience they've ever had in terms of training -- that's what they say. People credit the 7 Habits with changing their lives, with getting back on track personally and professionally.

About the Book

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

From the Publisher

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People is a comprehensive program based on developing an awareness of how perceptions and assumptions hinder success---in business as well as presonal relationships. Here's an approach that will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving.
1. Be Pro-Active: Take the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.
2. Begin With an End in Mind: Start with a clear destination to understand where you are now, where you're going and what you value most.
3. Put First Things First: Manage yourself. Organize and execute around priorities.
4. Think Win/Win: See life as a cooperative, not a comprehensive arena where success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others.
5. Seek First to Understand: Understand then be understood to build the skills of empathetic listening that inspires openness and trust.
6. Synergize: Apply the principles of cooperative creativity and value differences.
7. Renewal: Preserving and enhanving your greatest asset, yourself, by renewing the physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional dimensions of your nature.

Stephen R. Covey is the most respected motivator in the business world today. Learn to use his 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People--and see how they can change your life.

About the Author

Stephen R. Covey is a renowned authority on leadership, a family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and vice chairman of FranklinCovey Co. The author of several acclaimed books, he has also received numerous honors and awards, including being named one of Time magazine's twenty-five most influential Americans. Covey lives with his wife, Sandra, and their family in the Rocky Mountains of Utah.

Do You Want Fries with That?: An Indispensable Guide to: Career (Indespensable Guides) by Christopher D. Hudson

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (March 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593106629
• ISBN-13: 978-1593106621
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces

Do You Want Fries with That?: An Indispensable Guide to: Career (Indespensable Guides) by Christopher D. Hudson (Mar 20, 2005)

Product Description

Choosing and getting the right job is one of the most important and challenging steps a person will take-which is why the process is often fraught with anxiety. That's precisely where The Indispensable Guide. . . can help! Reading this handbook is like talking with a calm, funny, and worldly-wise aunt: It brings the blood pressure down and allows the job-seeker to focus on the real issues. Encouraging self- reflection in light of personal desires, the market, and God's Word, Do You Want Fries with That then addresses the actual job search-resume writing, the interview process, and much more. Invaluable grads or anyone looking to change a career.

Book Description

Reading this handbook is like talking with a calm, funny, and worldly-wise aunt. It brings the blood pressure down and allows the job-seeker to focus on the real issues--resume writing, the interview process, and much more.

1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 2nd edition (June 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761136819
• ISBN-13: 978-0761136811
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces

1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson Ph.D. (Jun 13, 2005)

Review

“The most interesting and inventive business book on the market today . . .a publishing phenomenon.”
—Training magazine (Training magazine )

“Welcome to Bob’s World: A place of above-average managers and workers, all committed to personal excellence, good will and, of course, company profits. [This book] details how a little praise goes a long way.”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Inquirer )

“There’s a difference between having someone show up for work and bringing out the best thinking and initiative in each person. To do that requires treating employees more as partners, not as subordinates. Being nice isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also the economical thing to do.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer )

Product Description

Why is 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, with over 1.4 million copies in print, such an extraordinary bestseller? Because a little over ten years ago Bob Nelson took the seeds of an idea and turned it into something indispensable for business. The idea? That it’s not a raise that motivates an employee, and it’s not a promotion—what really sparks a person to perform are those intangible, unexpected gestures that signify real appreciation for a job well done.

Now, after having worked with thousands of organizations in the years since 11001 Ways to Reward. . . was first published, Bob Nelson presents a second edition packed with hundreds of new ideas and examples of how companies are using rewards and recognitions to boost productivity and keep their valued employees happy. Airplane mechanics are rewarded with balloons and pinwheels. Another manager calls his employees’ mothers and thanks them for raising such industrious children. There are ideas from the offbeat (The Margarita Award) to the company-wide (a quiet room) to the embarrassingly simple (a hand-written thank you note) to the wacky (the Laugh-a-Day challenge) to the formal (a two-week promotion to special assistant to the president). Each section includes no-cost rewards and low-cost rewards, both public and private, making this new edition an indispensable resource for making the person/achievement/reward equation work.

From the Publisher

Empowerment. Self-Directed Teams. Continuos Improvement. Achievement Awards. Case Studies. It would be impossible to do justice to the enormous wealth of ideas that Bob Nelson, in his remarkable 1001 WAYS series, has elucidated for both employers and employees. This bestselling series points to a new way of looking at employee-employer relations, offering practical advice and evidence along side indispensable and clear business theory. Also in the series: 1001 WAYS TO ENERGIZE EMPLOYEES, a practical handbook chock full of ideas for increasing employee involvement and enthusiasm; 1001 WAYS EMPLOYEES CAN TAKE INITIATIVE, turning its voice towards the ambitious employee who wants to develop self-leadership, set goals, and build a team; and the 365 WAYS TO MANAGE BETTER Page-a-Day Perpetual Calendar, with daily advice for the consciencious manager. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within them." So sums up Bob Nelson about the philosophy of motivation that makes1001 Ways to Reward Employees the million-copy bestseller that is indispensable for business. Now completely revised and updated, with hundreds of new, real-world examples, 1001 Ways to Reward Employees is a chock-full guide to rewards of every conceivable type for every conceivable situation.

About the Author

Bob Nelson, Ph.D., is president of Nelson Motivation, Inc., a founding board member of the National Association for Employee Recognition (NAER), and bestselling author, including the 1001 Ways series and Managing for Dummies. Dr. Nelson lives and works in San Diego, California.

-- Excerpt --

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DAY-TO-DAY RECOGNITION
In my doctoral research on why managers use or don’t use recognition with their employees, I found the top variable distinguishing those managers who use recognition was that they felt it was their responsibility—not corporate’s or human resources’—to create the motivational environment for their people. They truly believed that recognizing their deserving employees played an integral part in how those workers felt about their jobs.

This finding coincides with what my research shows are the most important ways that employees prefer to be recognized when they do good work—that is, simple day-to-day behaviors that any manager can express with their employees, the most important of which is praise. The best praise is done soon, specifically, sincerely, personally, positively, and proactively. In a matter of seconds, a simple praise conveys, “I saw what you did, I appreciate it, here’s why it’s important, and here’s how it makes me feel”—a lot of punch in a small package!

Four out of the top ten categories of motivators reported by employees in my research are forms of praise, and these categories make up the four chapters in Part I: personal praise, written praise, electronic praise, and public praise. Now, you might say, “Are these really different types of praise? Don’t they all have the same effect?” This was my initial thought, too, but I learned that these types of praise are in fact distinct from one another. Praising someone in person means something different to that person than writing him or her a note, and these forms of praise are both different from praising the person in public. To get the maximum impact out of this simple behavior, vary the forms you use, and use them all frequently.

Research by Dr. Gerald Graham of Wichita State University supports these observations. In multiple studies, he found that employees preferred personalized, instant recognition from their direct supervisors more than any other kind of motivation. In fact, in another survey of American workers, 63 percent of the respondents ranked “a pat on the back” as a meaningful incentive.

In Graham’s studies, employees perceived that manager-initiated rewards for performance were done least often, and that company-initiated rewards for presence (that is, rewards based simply on being in the organization) occurred most often. Dr. Graham concluded, “It appears that the techniques that have the greatest motivational impact are practiced the least, even though they are easier and less expensive to use.” Graham’s study determined the top five motivating techniques reported by employees to be:

1. The manager personally congratulates employees who do a good job.
2. The manager writes personal notes about good performance.
3. The organization uses performance as the basis for promotion.
4. The manager publicly recognizes employees for good performance.
5. The manager holds morale-building meetings to celebrate success.

Ideally, you should vary the ways you recognize your staff while still trying to do things on a day-to-day basis. For example, Robin Horder-Koop, manager of programs and services at Amway Corporation, the distributor of house and personal-care products and other goods in Ada, MI, uses these inexpensive ways to recognize the 200 people who work for her on a day-to-day basis:

• On days when some workloads are light, the department’s employees help out workers in other departments. After accumulating eight hours of such work, employees get a thank-you note from Horder-Koop. Additional time earns a luncheon with company officials in the executive dining room.
• All workers are recognized on a rotating basis. Each month, photos of different employees are displayed on a bulletin board along with comments from their coworkers about why they are good colleagues.
• Horder-Koop sends thank-you notes to employees’ homes when they do outstanding work. When someone works a lot of overtime or travels extensively, she sends a note to the family thanking them for their support.
• At corporate meetings, employees play games such as Win, Lose, or Draw and The Price Is Right, using questions about the company’s products. Winners get prizes such as tote bags and T-shirts.

Other inexpensive ideas Horder-Koop uses to recognize employees include giving flowers to employees who are commended in customers’ letters, having supervisors park employees’ cars one day a month, and designating days when workers can come in late or wear casual clothes to the office.

According to author and management consultant Rosabeth Moss Kanter, “Recognition—saying thank you in public and perhaps giving a tangible gift along with the words—has multiple functions beyond simple human courtesy. To the employee, recognition signifies that someone noticed and someone cares. To the rest of the organization, recognition creates role models—heroes—and communicates the standards, saying: ‘These are the kinds of things that constitute great performance around here.’” Following are some guidelines Kanter offers for successfully recognizing employees:

Principle 1: Emphasize success rather than failure. You tend to miss the positives if you are busily searching for the negatives.

Principle 2: Deliver recognition and reward in an open and publicized way. If not made public, recognition loses much of its impact and much of the purpose for which it is provided.

Principle 3: Deliver recognition in a personal and honest manner. Avoid providing recognition that is too “slick” or overproduced.

Principle 4: Tailor your recognition and reward to the unique needs of the people involved. Having many recognition and reward options will enable management to acknowledge accomplishment in ways appropriate to the particulars of a given situation.

Principle 5: Timing is crucial. Recognize contribution throughout a project. Reward contribution close to the time an achievement is realized. Time delays weaken the impact of most rewards.

Principle 6: Strive for a clear, unambiguous, and well-communicated connection between accomplishments and rewards. Be sure people understand why they receive awards and the criteria used to determine awards.

Principle 7: Recognize recognition. That is, recognize people who recognize others for doing what is best for the company.

The Bald Truth: Secrets of Success from the Locker Room to the Boardroom by David Falk

The Bald Truth: Secrets of Success from the Locker Room to the Boardroom by David Falk

About the Book:-

Hardcover, 371 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, Feb 2010
ISBN-13: 9781416584391
ISBN: 1416584390



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Table of Contents:-

Foreword Michael Jordan
Introduction 
I'd Rather Have a Good Enemy than a Neutral Friend, and Other Lessons from Chairman John
It's a Long Horse Race 
Blunt Is Beautiful-Stay True to You
See the Whole Court 
A Man's Got to Know His Limitations 
Goodwill Hunting 
The Customer Isn't Always Right 
Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em 
The Godfather Theory: I'd Like to Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse 
Get Out Ahead of the Curve 
Afterword 
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Synopsis
Superagent David Falk — the man who called the shots for some of the greatest heroes in the history of basketball — reveals the innovative business secrets that catapulted him to the top of his game.
David Falk is the most successful agent in the game of basketball. He has represented more NBA first-round draft selections, lottery picks, Rookies-of-the-Year, and All-Stars than anyone else in the business. He changed the NBA's entire salary structure with a unique approach to negotiations that garnered some of the biggest contracts in league history, including Alonzo Mourning's $100-plus million contract with the Miami Heat — the first ever in professional sports. His groundbreaking Nike deal for Michael Jordan, the most successful endorsement relationship in history, revolutionized basketball by creating the game's first commercial superstar.
Basketball Digest called Falk one of the sport's most influential people, second only to NBA commissioner David Stern. In The Bald Truth, Falk, respected throughout the industry as an innovator, candidly unveils the business secrets that have fueled his extraordinary success. For the first time, he shares the fascinating insider details of how he negotiated lucrative contracts, learned from his mistakes, and branded and marketed not only the greatest basketball stars in history but also other elite athletes and coaches.
Falk is blunt, he's fair, and he looks at the long run rather than the short-term gains. To make a great deal, he believes, both sides have to win. He adheres to steadfast principles, some of which he learned from the celebrated champion athletes and revered coachinglegends — like Georgetown's John Thompson and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski — who have been long-standing clients and lifelongfriends.
Since Falk began representing athletes more than thirty-five years ago, basketball has grown from a fledgling team sport to a multibilliondollar business with celebrity players, powerful endorsement deals, salary caps, and ever-evolving free agency rules. He has made millions of dollars for himself and his clients, but today he remains in the business for one reason: love of the game — on and off the court.


About the Author


David Falk has long been recognized as one of the sports industry's leading figures and most talented innovators. He began his career representing professional athletes with ProServ in 1974, rising to Vice Chairman of the company. In 1992, he formed Falk Associates Management Enterprises (FAME) to provide specialized and personal representation service to the company's elite clientele of NBA superstars. 
During his career, Falk has represented more NBA first-round draft selections, lottery picks, Rookies-of-the-Year, and All-Stars than anyone else in the athlete management business. In 1985, he negotiated Michael Jordan's ground-breaking deal with Nike—the most successful endorsement relationship in history—and in the process coined the nickname ?Air Jordan.? Falk negotiated the highest contracts in NBA league history for Patrick Ewing in 1985 and Danny Ferry in 1990. He also negotiated professional sports' first $100 million contract in 1996 for Alonzo Mourning as part of an unprecedented free agency period in which FAME changed the entire salary structure of the NBA, negotiating over $400 million in contracts for its free agent clients in a six-day period.  

In 1998, Falk sold FAME to SFX Entertainment, serving on SFX's Board of Directors and in the Office of the Chairman. As Chairman of SFX Sports Group, Falk oversaw the acquisition of a dozen sports agencies that enabled SFX to represent approximately 20 percent of MLB and NBA players. Falk stepped down as Chairman in 2001 to pursue other interests. In January 2007, Falk re-launched FAME and currently serves as its Founder and CEO.
He and his wife, the former RhondaFrank, live in Rockville, Maryland, and have two daughters, Daina, and Jocelyn.

Hired! : How to Use Sales techniques to Sell Yourself on Interviews by Elinor Stutz

Hired! : How to Use Sales techniques to Sell Yourself on Interviews - Paperback (25 Nov 2010) by Elinor Stutz

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Career Press (25 Nov 2010)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 1601631421
• ISBN-13: 978-160163142

Review

As Chairman of the largest small business trade organisation in the world and a best-selling author, coaching such superstars as Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Les Brown and more, all of us are recommending Hired! to everyone we [know]. [This] is the most important career read this decade. --Berny Dohrman, chairman, CEO Space

Product Description

In today's tough economy, most people are too desperate to get any job, rather than seeking one that will provide the career satisfaction and growth they deserve. Worse, they treat the interview as an opportunity to focus on themselves. In HIRED!, Elinor Stutz asserts, The interview is not about you, it's about how well you will solve the company's problems. This is the only way you will get a job you actually enjoy! This book is a must-read if you want to learn how to: · Achieve the right mindset for successful interviewing · Conduct specific research prior to the interview · The leadership skills required for advancing a two-way interview · Specific questions you must ask on the interview · Strategies for negotiation · Steer conversation to learn what the company is seeking. · Most importantly, selling strategies designed to get you hired!

How to Write A Winning C.V. by Alan Jones

The Leap: How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career from Good to Great by Rick Smith

The Leap: How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career from Good to Great - Hardcover - (Sept. 17, 2009) by Rick Smith

Hardcover: 224 pages

Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (September 17, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1616847093

ISBN-13: 978-1616847098

Table of Contents:-
Introduction
Chapter 1 "Great Work, You're Fired"
Chapter 2 The Now Trap: Stuck in the Status Quo
Chapter 3 Breaking Away: The Three Rules
Chapter 4 Primary Colors: Tapping the Energy Within
Chapter 5 What Is My Primary Color?
Chapter 6 Big, Selfless, and Simple: How Ideas Become Contagious
Chapter 7 The Spark Sequence: Stacking the Deck
Chapter 8 Aristotle on a Lily Pad: A Perspective on Life-Work Design
Acknowledgments
Index

From Publishers Weekly


Smith (The Five Patterns of Extraordinary Careers) examines the commonalities among individuals who transcended their dull day jobs to launch truly extraordinary careers. He is most taken with identifying what precipitated their leap into authentic and meaningful work, interviewing hundreds of people to craft replicable steps that everyone can use to initiate a personal and professional evolution and achieve remarkable success without taking reckless and unnecessary risks. His examples of highly profitable leaps include Sara Blakely, who went from a fax machine sales person to the owner of SPANX, a highly successful women's clothing line; Frances Hesselbein, who went from a stay-at-home mom to the executive director of Girl Scouts of America; and Brad Margus, who channeled his feelings of futility over the rare and terminal disease his two sons inherited to become a genetics expert on the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council. Smith's book—a lively readable romp—motivates without preaching and gently coaxes readers to overcome innate fears and to use their greatest passions to bring about fulfillment. (Sept.) 
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


Other Reviews


"This invaluable book leads you around the common traps that so often keep us from pursuing our strengths and passions." - Marcus Buckingham, bestselling author of Now, Discover Your Strengths 


"Finally, a book that kills the myth of the daredevil. This is must- read for anyone who thinks they are a breed apart from Bill Gates or other mavericks deified as risk takers. The truth? To do the impossible-whether as an entrepreneur or an employee-minimizing risk and making small bets is the rule rather than the exception." - Timothy Ferriss, number one New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek


"Rick Smith goes from flat line to the front line of life and shows you how to ignite your career." - Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, author, YOU: the Owner's Manual series


"Packed with actionable insights and inspiring stories, The Leap shows how to not just improve but redefine your career. Rick Smith brilliantly lays out three simple, manageable steps that make it possible for anyone, anywhere, to take the leap and unlock their ultimate potential." - Tony Robbins


"An inspiring book for anyone who has ever looked at his or her life andwondered: Is this it? The Leap will help you discover your true path to personal and professional success." - Arianna Huffington, cofounder and editor in chief, The Huffington Post


"Extraordinary! I understand what it feels like to leap into a bold new life. But as Rick Smith explains in this inspiring guide, achieving fulfillment in work and in life doesn't require you to jump off a cliff! The Leap captures the steps anyone can take to achieve his wildest dreams while staying true to himself. Try it out. True success is not as far away as you thought." - Sara Blakely, founder, Spanx Inc.



About the Book


Have you ever asked yourself, "Is this it?"


Maybe you're trapped in a dead-end job that you're afraid to leave. Or maybe you already have a good job-one that gives you room to grow and exercise your talents-but you don't really feel like you're doing your best work. Your life is plain vanilla, yet you know in your heart that you can be a triple scoop banana split. You just don't know how to make that leap.


So what do you do?


Rick Smith knows firsthand what it's like to feel stuck in a career rut. He worked in a midlevel job where he had modest success. Then his life took an unexpected turn and he found himself creating a business that became successful beyond his wildest dreams. He unlocked a level of performance he did not know he had in him. After all, Smith was just a regular guy who didn't like to take chances or even step outside his comfort zone. But as he found out, those qualities don't have to be stumbling blocks. In fact, they're two of the keys to making the leap from good to great.


And after talking to others who had also transformed their careers from mundane to magnificent, he realized that the secret doesn't lie with some mysterious talent, trait, or affinity for risk. And it certainly doesn't require you to quit your job and start from scratch. Rather, it lies with your ability to harness your true strengths and passions-what Smith calls your Primary Color.


You'll meet remarkable people who've made the leap, such as:
• A soft-spoken middle manager who transformed her company, her industry, and her career with a simple-yet groundbreaking-idea.
• A door-to-door fax machine saleswoman who became a global fashion mogul after developing her own line of women's apparel.
• A Florida shrimp farmer who became a globally recognized genetics expert after both of his sons were diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder. 
• A software designer who became a leading advocate for the homeless after volunteering part time at a local shelter and realizing his true calling.


Through powerful anecdotes, lessons from brain science, and tools for self-assessment, Smith shows how, with the right amount of passion, determination, and three simple steps, anyone can make the leap to a more successful and fulfilling life. 


About the Author


RICK SMITH is the coauthor of the national bestseller The Five Patterns of Extraordinary Careers. He left the executive search firm Spencer Stuart to launch World 50, Inc., an elite and senior executive networking company. A serial entrepreneur, he is currently working on the launch of several new ventures.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting the Job You Want by Marc Dorio

Jump Start Your Career: The Essential Guide to Career Management and Effective Job Search by Paul Heng

Jump Start Your Career: The Essential Guide to Career Management and Effective Job Search - Paperback (June 2001) by Paul Heng

Career Advancement by Marc Dorio

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Career Advancement - Paperback (Jan. 6, 2009) by Marc Dorio

Firnando Chau Review

Part 1: Why Make a Move and Why Make It Now

Chapter 1: How To Test Your Readiness

Chapter 2: Move Up, Over or Out?

Chapter 3: It's Not Just A Feeling

Chapter 4: What Is Your Boss Telling You?

Chapter 5: Take Your Employer's Temperature

Part 2: Begin with Yourself

Chapter 6: Why Take Stock of Yourself

Chapter 7: Beginning Your Self-Assessment

Chapter 8: Brush Up Your Basic Skills

Chapter 9: Analyze Your Personal Style

Chapter 10: Chart Your Communication Style

Chapter 11: Identify Your Leadership Style

Chapter 12: Assessing Your Accomplishments

Chapter 13: It's Not Just the Money

Part 3: Putting Assessment Information to Work

Chapter 14: Developing Your Personal Profile

Chapter 15: Discover Your "Helps" and "Hinders"

Part 4: Finding the Information You Need

Chapter 16: Develop Your Job Search Information Checklist

Chapter 17: Find the Information That Will Help

Chapter 18: Looking Close to Home

Chapter 19: Sources Most People Overlook

Chapter 20: What Your Employer Doesn't Way You to Know

Chapter 21: How To See Yourself in the Big Picture

Chapter 22: Money and Other Things

Part 5: Setting Your Milestones for Success

Chapter 23: Your Career Strategies and Tactics

Chapter 24: Don't Take This Personally, But...

Chapter 25: Career Planning Is a Family Affair

Chapter 26: Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

Chapter 27: Overcoming the Obstacles in Your Path

Chapter 28: Questions You Should Ask

Chapter 29: Moving On - Literally!

Chapter 30: The Self-Employment Wild Card

Chapter 31: The Perfect Job

Index

Paperback: 336 pages

Publisher: Alpha; Original edition (January 6, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1592578322

ISBN-13: 978-1592578320

The step-by-step guide for everyone who ever said, "I really need a new career."

People change jobs to advance their careers, earn more money, or escape a dead end. But often they're responding to misleading signals that aren't reliable indicators for job change. Now a human resources expert helps readers evaluate the reasons they may want to change jobs and careers-an enlightening process that can result in a brand-new career or a better appreciation of the one at hand.

*Explore the job-search sources most people ignore

*Career-profile comparisons and salary and compensation information

*Develop short- and long-term goals-move up, over, or out

About the Author

Marc Dorio is a human resources management professional with over 25 years of corporate and consulting experience. He has worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies on a wide range of human resource issues. He is the author of six books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to the Perfect Interview (1st and 2nd editions) and The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Getting the Job You Want (1st and 2nd editions).

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Job Interview, 3rd Edition by Marc A. Dorio

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Job Interview, 3rd Edition by Marc A. Dorio (Paperback - Jan 6, 2009)

Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Alpha; 3 edition (January 6, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1592578276

ISBN-13: 978-159257827

About the Book

How to ace an interview in today's competitive job market.

Career human resources expert Marc Dorio knows how the system works and how it has changed with the advent of Internet interviews, video conferences, and electronic resumés. In this new edition, he teaches job seekers how to respond to obscure, difficult questions; research salary ranges and negotiate; pull together a resumé package; present their skill set and experience to best effect; follow up after the usual "thank you" note; and dozens of other inside tips.

*From a human resources expert

*Strong sales record for past editions

*Most current information available

*Specific details about each step in the process

*Also available as an e-book

About the Author

Marc Dorio is a human resources management professional with over 25 years of corporate and consulting experience. He has worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies on a wide range of human resource issues. He is the author of six books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to the Perfect Interview (1st and 2nd editions) and The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Getting the Job You Want (1st and 2nd editions).

There's No Elevator to the Top: A Leading Headhunter Shares the Advancement Strategies of the World's Most Successful Executives by Umesh Ramakrishnan

There's No Elevator to the Top: A Leading Headhunter Shares the Advancement Strategies of the World's Most Successful Executives by Umesh Ramakrishnan (Hardcover - Nov 13, 2008)

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (November 13, 2008)

ISBN-10: 1591842255

From Publishers Weekly

As vice chairman of a global executive search firm, Ramakrishman uses his access to the top executives at major corporations to ask the one question aspiring CEOs, and even new entrants to the business world, would most like to know: What do you know now that you wish you had known 20 years ago? The result is a low-key, highly personal look back at success. The advice Ramakrishman elicits from the executives delves into such areas as the importance of choosing only 'A' players when seeking to assemble a strong team and striving for a flatter organizational structure to promote communication and information flow. The subject matter does not vary significantly from standard career topics like the importance of networking, but the real value here is access to the wisdom and guidance of proven leaders such as Steve Reinemund of Pepsi and Terrence Marks of Coca-Cola. Chapter-ending executive summaries underscore key points that will benefit anyone—regardless of their corporate ranking—looking to advance in their field. (Nov.) 

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From Booklist

Longtime search executive, Ramakrishnan, sets out to examine and dissect today’s popular management principles and insights by traveling the world to interview members of the C-suite, the corporate world’s chief officers. Stories abound as the author recounts thoughtful conversations with leaders of Fortune’s largest companies and CEO’s of start-ups, including wisdom and advice from executives of Charles Schwab, JC Penny, Aetna, Cadbury Schweppes, and MediaCorp Group of Singapore to name a few. Lessons learned from his interviews include: everyone’s the CEO’s boss; everyone thinks they own you; not everyone likes you; know what’s going on; your constant responsibility is to filter and synthesize the information flow for your benefit; corporate culture begins with you; prepare as much as possible, then expect the unexpected; leaders know how to rally the troops; always strive to be better; and in the end, there’s only you left to blame. There is so much richness in the ideas and experiences chronicled in this excellent book, which offers special insight for library patrons. --Mary Whaley

A top corporate recruiter reveals what it takes to reach the top of a major corporation.

Few people have as deep an understanding of corporate leadership as Umesh Ramakrishnan. As vice chairman of CTPartners, one of the world’s premier search firms, he has placed dozens of C-level executives at companies around the globe. Now he shares powerful lessons from his long career and also from exclusive interviews with top CEO’s.

Ramakrishnan identifies the qualities that distinguish those who are likely to make it from those who aren’t. And he explains, for instance:

• Why the surest route to the top is not always straight up the greasy pole

• How it’s possible to have a star team without everyone being a star

• Why your listening skills need as much attention as your communication skills

• How to meet the challenges—and grasp the opportunities—of globalization

There’s No Elevator to the Top is like an exclusive lunch date with a tableful of CEOs, as Ramakrishnan features the insights of dozens of top leaders at companies like Dell, Cadbury Schweppes, Aetna, BT Group, Pepsi, Infosys, and Ecopetrol.

About the Author

Umesh Ramakrishnan is vice chairman of the executive search firm CTPartners. He recruits directors, CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and other senior management positions for Global 2000 companies. He is a sought-after speaker and a regular guest on CNBC.

Career Warfare: 10 Rules for building your successful brand on the business battlefield by David F. D'Alessandro with Michele Owens

Career Warfare: 10 Rules for Building a Successful Personal Brand on the Business Battlefield - Paperback (June 11, 2008) by David D'Alessandro

From getAbstract.com

• A ruthlessly honest strategy for positively spinning the perception of your work
• Why protecting your personal brand is critical to your success
• Real world examples and tools for preserving your brand throughout your career

Every business person needs a cranky mentor who speaks from vast experience and offers lessons and examples about the skills necessary to realize their ambitions in various business cultures. Author David F. D’Alessandro is a marketing guru, and a skilled phrase maker and spin doctor. To his own surprise, he was offered a chair at the management table where the bottom line decisions get made on his way to becoming CEO of John Hancock Financial Services. In the framework of rules for personal branding and in the interest helping you play office politics successfully, D’Alessandro spins dozens of yarns that bring context and reality to a subject that is often speculated about by authors who have never really achieved the success their books describe. His advice is ruthlessly honest, pointed, witty, precise and ripe with polished anecdotes. For this reason getAbstract.com recommends this book to business persons anywhere on the corporate ladder who suspect their battle plan may be ready for a few new moves.

About the authors

David F. D’Alessandro, a former marketing executive, is the chairman and chief executive officer of John Hancock Financial Services and is often credited with bringing the company into The New York Times’ top 100 brands of the twentieth century. He also wrote the bestseller Brand Warfare and he is a minority owner of the Boston Red Sox. Michele Owens is a freelance author, screenwriter and former speechwriter for Mario Cuomo.

Firnando Chau Review

The Headhunter's Edge by Jeffrey E. Christian

The Headhunter's Edge - Hardcover (Aug. 27, 2002) by Jeffrey E. Christian

Game Plan by Bob Buford

How to Think Like a CEO by D. A. Benton

How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top by D. A. Benton (Paperback - May 1, 1999)


From getAbstract.com

• Why perseverance ranks among the most important qualities for a CEO
• What eight qualities near-perfect CEOs have
• Why being kind to others is not a sign of weakness

Author Debra A. Benton discusses how chief executive officers succeed. She bases her information on interviews with hundreds of major corporations’ CEOs and with well-known leaders and public figures. The experiences of so many CEOs make the book fascinating. Readers will be intrigued by the many success stories. Benton also extrapolates and explains the key principles behind the success of these executives. The book is an excellent, well-written guide that includes some well-known success principles and some that may be less well-known. The short, snappy, easy-to-read style is accessible. A helpful summary at the end of each chapter captures the major principles covered. getabstract.com recommends this book to those on the way up in management, those interested in getting into management, and those who wish to apply these principles of success in their own careers.

About the author

Debra A. Benton, the head of Benton Management Resources, provides advice and expertise in professional development to CEOs and their managers. She previously wrote Lions Don’t Need to Roar: Using the Leadership Power of Professional Presence to Stand Out, Fit In and Move Ahead, a book about how effective people think about themselves, others, and life.

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath (Hardcover - Feb 1, 2007)

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Gallup Press; 1 edition (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159562015X
• ISBN-13: 978-1595620156

From the Inside Flap

ABOUT STRENGTHSFINDERIn 1998, the Father of Strengths Psychology, Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. (1924-2003), along with Tom Rath and a team of scientists at The Gallup Organization, created the online StrengthsFinder assessment. In 2001, they included the first edition of StrengthsFinder with the bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths. In 2004, the assessment's name was formally changed to "Clifton StrengthsFinder" in honor of its chief designer.
In 2007, building on the initial assessment and language from StrengthsFinder 1.0, Rath and Gallup scientists released a new edition of the assessment, program, and website, dubbed "StrengthsFinder 2.0." Rooted in more than 40 years of research, this assessment has helped millions discover and develop their natural talents.

About the Author

Tom Rath has written four bestsellers in the last decade, which have sold millions of copies and made more than 100 appearances on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list. He currently leads Gallup's workplace research and leadership consulting business around the world. Tom and his family live in Washington DC.
Tom's latest New York Times bestseller, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements (co-authored with Jim Harter), is based on a global study of what differentiates people who are thriving from those who are not. This book also features Gallup's new Wellbeing Finder program, enabling readers to measure, manage, and improve their Wellbeing over time.