Getting Promoted Real Strategies For Advancing Your Career

by Chambers, Harry E.

• ISBN13: 9780738201023
• ISBN10: 0738201022
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-30
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

From house author and popular management trainer, Harry Chambers, comes a paperback original for ambitious individuals who aspire to achieve growth, development, and promotability in their current job. Chambers dispels the modern day myth that "the only way to move up is to move out," and provides a wide array of hands-on strategies and tactics to analyze today's promotional realities, obtain critical skills, recognize internal and external obstacles, and position yourself for success. Drawing from original interview research with managers and trainers in a wide array of industries,Getting Promotedshows workers at all levels how to focus on the most promotable skills, manage perceptions of colleagues and bosses, avoid promotion-killing behaviors, and assess the competitive landscape.

Author Biography

Harry Chambers is President of Trinity Solutions, Inc., an Atlanta-area consulting and training firm specializing in leadership, team coaching and building, and organizational development. He is the co-author of No Fear Management: Rebuilding Trust, Performance, and Commitment in the New American Workplace and The Bad Attitude Survival Guide, named one of the 30 best business books of 1998 by Soundview Executive Book Summaries.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
The Pathways to Promotion	p. 1
Today's Promotion Realities (TPR)	p. 20
Future Trends and Current Challenges	p. 45
Communication	p. 64
Organizational Skills	p. 91
Risk Taking, Problem Solving, Decision Making	p. 122
Establishing Effective Workplace Relationships	p. 147
Self-Motivation	p. 177
The Performance Appraisal Process	p. 202
Career Killers and Promotion Viruses	p. 219
In Closing	p. 229
Notes	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 233
Index	p. 235
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