Planning for Executive Success: Shaping Up for the Real Corporate World

Planning for Executive Success provides the necessary skills and knowledge for a successful management career. Accessible and cartoon illustrated, this unique book draws on four decades of Walter Vieira's experience as a manager and consultant to reveal what really takes place within organizations. The book contains insightful pieces on a wide range of topics including interview skills, effective communication, time management, decision making, delegation, discretion at work, office politics and ethical behaviour. INDICE: PART ONE: STARTING OUTOn the ThresholdSketching Out a Grand DesignApplications That WorkPlaying the Interview Game Negotiating the Interview Following Up on InterviewsChoosing an EmployerKnowing the CEOThe First Job Change Why and How?Be Wary of TitlesNew Paths and ConformityGetting On with Your BossPART TWO: DEVELOPING SKILLS AND ABILITIESLittle Things Show UpBecoming an Effective ManagerThe Will To LearnTime Management - Critical to SuccessCommunicating EffectivelyWords and SenseBlocking Communication - `I Know It Already'Taking Notes - Aid to Memory Communicating Facts without TactCommunication Breakdown - Separating Issues from PersonsDithering on DecisionsHow To Motivate PeopleCreativity - The Need of the HourGathering ExperiencesLearning from Job TransfersBeneficial AssociationsEnhancing Career Options with NetworkingGrabbing OpportunitiesPerseverance Pays PART THREE: ATTITUDES AND VALUES Is Business Etiquette Outdated?Indiscretion - Can Harm OthersIndiscretion - Can Harm YouKeeping Your WordBuilding CredibilityThe Limits of HonestyTolerance for CorrruptionGifts - To Give and To ReceiveValues and the ExecutiveA Yearning for SolitudeGreater Expectations from OthersAre You Doing Well?Fooling People at WorkWith a Little Bit of LuckThe Protective Umbrella

• ISBN: 978-0-7619-9323-0
• Editorial: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 334
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