From New Recruit to High Flyer : No-Nonsense Advice on How to Fast Track Your Career

by Karseras, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9780749445645
• ISBN10: 0749445645
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Summary

Hard-hitting and realistic, From New Recruit to High Flyer reveals the views of top-performing executives on how to succeed on the first rung of the career ladder. This book will show how you can become one of the rising stars in an organization and help you to achieve greater job satisfaction, higher pay and faster promotion. From New Recruit to High Flyer is an insider's view of what it takes to be successful. It includes real-life examples from those who have been there and succeeded, what made the difference for them, and why their colleagues - who were often equally capable - were less successful. If you have high aspirations and want to succeed, then this book is for you.

Table of Contents

About the author	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Attitude
It all starts with your attitude	p. 9
Master the fundamentals
Adopt a systematic approach	p. 27
Developing supreme organizational skills	p. 28
Becoming a highly efficient time manager	p. 32
Getting smart at getting smart	p. 41
Develop into an excellent research analyst	p. 49
Producing insightful, rigorous and synthesized research	p. 50
Performing rock-solid analysis	p. 55
The essential quantitative methods	p. 56
The basics of spreadsheets	p. 67
Three important functions to help build spreadsheet models	p. 67
The first-runger core toolkit for advanced analytics	p. 69
Overall principles for rock-solid analysis	p. 71
Learn business communication skills 1: Speaking and writing effectively	p. 83
Critical dos and don'ts of business communication	p. 84
Speaking effectively in business	p. 91
Professional business writing	p. 94
Learn business communication skills 2: The 10 key areas	p. 101
Tips for the 10 different areas of communication	p. 101
Tailoring your personal communication strategy	p. 117
Become a great project and people manager	p. 125
Managing projects smoothly	p. 127
Managing people for first-rungers	p. 135
Managing upwards	p. 140
Navigate the political organization
Build your network	p. 151
Why networks are important	p. 152
The effective network	p. 156
Building deep networks	p. 158
Building broad networks	p. 163
Find your mentors	p. 168
Why mentors are important	p. 169
How to identify potential mentors	p. 173
How to cultivate and get the most out of mentoring relationships	p. 178
The junior mentor	p. 181
Become politically savvy	p. 185
Organizational culture and two organizational myths	p. 186
Handling politics for first-rungers	p. 195
Controlling perception by building a personal brand	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 205
	p. 209
	p. 213
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Excerpts

Introduction Part 1 – Attitude 1. It all starts with your attitude Part 2 – Master the fundamentals 2. Adopt a systematic approach Developing supreme organizational skills Becoming a highly efficient time manager Getting smart at getting smart 3. Develop into an excellent research analyst Producing insightful, rigorous and synthesized research Performing rock-solid analysis The essential quantitative methods The basics of spreadsheets Three important functions to help build spreadsheet models The first-runger core toolkit for advanced analytics Overall principles for rock-solid analysis 4. Learn business communication skills 1: Speaking and writing effectively Critical dos and don’ts of business communication Speaking effectively in business Professional business writing 5. Learn business communication skills 2: The 10 key areas Tips for the 10 different areas of communication Tailoring your personal communication strategy 6. Become a great project and people manager Managing projects smoothly Managing people for first-rungers Managing upwards Part 3 – Navigate the political organization 7. Build your network Why networks are important The effective network Building deep networks Building broad networks 8. Find your mentors Why mentors are important How to identify potential mentors How to cultivate and get the most out of mentoring relationships The junior mentor 9. Become politically savvy Organizational culture and two organizational myths Handling politics for first-rungers Controlling perception by building a personal brand