How to Make the World of Work Work for You : A Common Sense Operating Manual for a Successful Career

by Greenwood, Ramon

• ISBN13: 9781587219023
• ISBN10: 1587219026
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Authorhouse
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Table of Contents

Memorandum	p. 1
The Boss Connection is Vital to Your Success	p. 7
Bosses Are Harder to Get Along with Than Ever Before	p. 9
Everybody Has a Boss, Like it or Not	p. 15
Analyze Your Boss Relationship	p. 23
Conflicts with Your Boss Are Natural and Can Be Healthy	p. 31
The Ambivalence of Dependency	p. 35
Few Things Are More Difficult Than an Insecure Boss	p. 45
Don't Get Hooked On Atta-Boys	p. 49
Everybody Makes Mistakes, You and Your Boss Included	p. 55
Never Let Your Boss Be Surprised	p. 65
Be a Leader, a Follower or Get Out of the Way	p. 69
Are You Rising or Swelling to the Top?	p. 77
Use the Positive Power of Negative Thinking	p. 81
Master the Art of Skepticism	p. 91
Learn to Lose to Win	p. 97
Manage Time, the Enemy of Us All	p. 105
Take Charge of Change	p. 113
Ambition Requires Reality and Hard Work	p. 121
Hard Work and Persistence Pay Off	p. 127
Responsibilities are the Seeds of Growth	p. 133
What's in it for Me?	p. 137
Who Can Do My Job?	p. 141
How to Handle Promotions	p. 145
Missed Promotion is Time for Reflection not Resentment	p. 149
Boredom and Burnout are a Lethal Pair	p. 157
You're fired! It Can Happen to Anyone	p. 161
Plans and Hard Work Distinguish Goals From Dreams	p. 167
Think Twice Before You Leap to a New Job	p. 171
Get off on the Right Foot with a New Job	p. 177
The Fatal Attraction of Security	p. 181
How to Get All You Are Worth	p. 183
How to Go for a Raise and not Shoot Yourself in the Foot	p. 187
How to Survive in a Sea of Meetings	p. 193
For Careerists Timing is Everything	p. 201
Decision--Making is a Demanding Challenge	p. 205
It Takes two to Communicate	p. 213
Success Equals Stress for Many	p. 217
You Can't Escape Office Politics; Play to Win	p. 221
You Must Deal with Difficult People	p. 225
Fun on the Job Essential, Often Overlooked	p. 229
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