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基本信息·出版社：Broadway Business
·页码：256 页
·出版日期：2006年09月
·ISBN：0385507585
·International Standard Book Number：0385507585
·条形码：9780385507585
·EAN：9780385507585
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 As management professor and consultant Kathleen Reardon explains in her new book,
It's All Politics, talent and hard work alone will not get you to the top. What separates the winners from the losers in corporate life is politics.
As Reardon explains, the most talented and accomplished employees often take a backseat to their politically adept coworkers, losing ground in the race to get ahead—sometimes even losing their jobs. Why? Because they’ve failed to manage the important relationships with the people who can best reward their creativity and intelligence. To determine whether you need a crash course in Office Politics 101, ask yourself the following questions:
• Do I get credit for my ideas?
• Do I know how to deal with a difficult colleague?
• Do I get the plum assignments?
• Do I have a mentor?
• Do I say no gracefully and pick my battles wisely?
• Am I in the loop?
Reardon has interviewed hundreds of employees, from successful veterans to aspiring hopefuls, examining why some people who work hard and effectively at their jobs fall behind, while those who are adept at “reading the office tea leaves” forge ahead. Being politically savvy doesn’t mean being unethical or devious. At heart, it’s about listening to and relating to others, and making choices that advance everyone’s goals. Like it or not, when it comes to work, it’s
all politics. And politics is all about knowing what to say, when to say it, and who to say it to.
作者简介 KATHLEEN KELLY REARDON, Ph.D., is a professor of management at the Marshall School of Business at USC, and the author of
The Secret Handshake. A highly regarded consultant, she is a frequent guest speaker at Toyota, Xerox, Cigna, and other corporations, and has appeared on
the
Today show,
Good Morning America,
NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, and in numerous national publications. She lives in Palos Verde, California, and Ireland.
编辑推荐 Advance Praise for
It’s All Politics“This is Reardon’s most important book and a terrific read. She makes a brilliant case for a new and important force in the workplace,
political intelligence. Understanding this force is vital for success.”
—Warren Bennis, distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California, and Author of
On Becoming a Leader
Acclaim for Kathleen Kelley Reardon’s
The Secret Handshake“
The Secret Handshake is like a crash course in Business Psychology 101 . . . Reardon writes crisply and to the point . . . You owe it to yourself to read her book.”
—
USA Today 文摘 Chapter One
It's All Politics
Like business in general, politics is not a spectator sport. You cannot afford to be apolitical at work if you have any aspirations for advancement. The only way to avoid politics is to avoid people--by finding an out-of-the-way corner where you can do your job. Of course, it's the same job you'll likely be doing for the rest of your career if you remain politically impaired.
In any job, when you reach a certain level of technical competence, politics is what makes all the difference with regard to success. At that point, it is indeed all politics. Everyday brilliant people take a backseat to politically adept colleagues by failing to win crucial support for their ideas.
Sometimes politics involves going around or bending rules, but more typically it's about positioning your ideas in a favorable light and knowing what to say, and how, when, and to whom to say it. Refusing to participate in what you may consider "the incivility of politics" is exactly what will keep you a political underdog, watching helplessly as your career aspirations evaporate.
Ask yourself these questions to see if you're up to snuff on politics 101.
* Can you effectively influence and manage people's perceptions of you and your ideas?
* Are you able to convert enemies to allies?
* Can you manage outcomes long before they're in sight?
* Do your ideas get a fair hearing?
* Do you know when and how to present them?
* Are you in the loop?
If you've answered no to even one of these questions, you can learn a great deal from this book. Such political skills determine career success, but they are only the beginning. Politics is a highly complex skill set. Albert Einstein was once asked: "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destro
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