Be A Shortcut : The Secret Fast Track to Business Success

by Scott G. Halford

• ISBN13: 9780470414514
• ISBN10: 0470414510
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Shortcut is the new catchphrase that identifies high-quality, influence and value in employees and executives. Be A Shortcut is a business book that provides new frameworks and tactics to help a broad range of individuals become the professionals their company can't live without. The book shows you how to actually become a Shortcut using Halford's proven, Shortcut success formula. You'll gain more influence, become more valuable, get promoted faster, find better customers, get better raises - no matter what you do. Shortcut is a way of thinking, a way of doing, a way of being - and when you commit yourself to it, you'll write your own ticket to wherever you want to go.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.Preface.Introduction.The Shortcut Quotient Inventory.Part One. The Know-Why.The Shortcut Way.Back Road Basics.If You're Not a Shortcut You're Taking up Too Much Space.Are You a Shortcut or Bottleneck?Determining Your Value.The 5-Star ***** Shortcut: The Highest Value MarkThe No-Star Shortcut: Lowest Value Mark.The Anatomy of a Bottleneck.Shortcuts Save Time.Part Two. The Know-What.The Case Is Clear.Make It Easier, Make It Better, Make More Money.The Shortcut of Efficiency (Easier).Organize Your Info.Unload the Overload.Scoop It Up: Shortcuts Are in All Types of Careers.The Washed-Up Shortcut: What Have You Done for Me Lately?Raise Your Hand: How to Be Counted as a Shortcut.Get Some Screen Time: Put Your Money Where the Shortcut Is.Rule the Rules.Become the Master.Find the Flow: Hitting "the Zone" as a Shortcut.Train Your Brain.The Change Process Is Biological.You Have to Want It.You Have to Be Able to Do It Today and Tomorrow and the Next Day and...Train Your Brain for 21 Days.Keep Going-That's What the Pros Do.What Does It Look Like in Action?Keep on Going.The "Workout" of a Shortcut.Incite Your Insights.Throw Some Spice on the Grill: How to Stand Out with Just a Little Bit of Creativity.Use the White Space.Be Great as a White Belt First.Get Framed.Be the Influencer.Part Three. The Know-How.Likeability: The Quickest Personal Shortcut.Image-Your Status Is Not Quo.The Care and Feeding of Your Shanti: Nurturing Your Network of Shortcuts.Tactics to Nurturing and Growing the Shortcut Network.Attitude: Why a Good Attitude Will Make You Money, and a Bad One Will Cost You.Emotional Intelligence: The Must-Have Trait of a Shortcut.Focus: Finding What Motivates You.Meaning: Making Meaning, Not Making Money (Though That's Nice, Too).Humor: The Secret Weapon of Shortcuts Everywhere."Yes": Why It's Usually the Right Answer.Choices: The Rewards of Offering Them.Stickiness: The Good and Gooey Ways of a Shortcut.Responsibility: If You Take It, You'll Make It.Feelings: Happiness Is a Warm Shortcut.Context: Make Things Right, the Shortcut Way.Part Four. The Shortcut as a Company.The Shortcut Organization.The Buy-In of C-Level Players.The Next Level Down.Shortcuts Transform.Shortcut Paradise: The Evidence Is All Around Us.Shortcuts Here, There and Everywhere.Shortcuts Remember When...Part Five. The Long and Shortcut of It.Shortcuts Are Everywhere: Father of the Year.The Lessons of the Shortcut Have Always Been There.Appendix: Shortcut Catalog.Shortcut Quiz Answers.References.Bibliography.Epilogue.Author Biography.