Book description
For some people, work is a breeze. They glide effortlessly onwards and upwards, always saying and doing the right thing, getting paid more, getting promotions, getting results.
Is there something successful people know that we don’t? You bet there is. They know the rules of work.
These rules are the guiding principles that will improve what you do and how you do it. They will give you the unmistakable air of confidence that will win you admiration, respect, and help you towards your next promotion. In this new edition of the international bestseller, Richard Templar has added 10 new Rules to help you get heard, noticed, acknowledged and followed.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
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Walk your talk
- 1 Get your work noticed
- 2 Never stand still
- 3 Volunteer carefully
- 4 Carve out a niche for yourself
- 5 Under promise and over deliver
- 6 Learn to ask why
- 7 Be 100 per cent committed
- 8 Learn from others’ mistakes
- 9 Enjoy what you are doing
- 10 Develop the right attitude
- 11 Be passionate but don’t kill yourself
- 12 Manage your energy
- 13 Never let anyone know how hard you work
- 14 Keep your home life at home
- Know that you’re being judged at all times
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Have a plan
- 24 Know what you want long term
- 25 Know what you want short term
- 26 Study the promotion system
- 27 Develop a game plan
- 28 Set objectives
- 29 Know your role
- 30 Know yourself – strengths and weaknesses
- 31 Identify key times and events
- 32 Anticipate threats
- 33 Look for opportunities
- 34 Make learning a lifelong mission
- If you can’t say anything nice – shut up
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Look after yourself
- 45 Know the ethics of your industry
- 46 Know the legalities of your industry
- 47 Set personal standards
- 48 Never lie
- 49 Never cover up for anyone else
- 50 Keep records
- 51 Know the difference between the truth and the whole truth
- 52 Cultivate your support/contacts/friends
- 53 Date with caution
- 54 Understand others’ motives
- 55 Assume everyone else is playing by different rules
- 56 Keep the faith
- 57 Put things in perspective
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Blend in
- 58 Know the corporate culture
- 59 Speak the language
- 60 Dress up or down accordingly
- 61 Be adaptable in your dealings with different people
- 62 Make your boss look good
- 63 Know where to hang out, and when
- 64 Understand the social protocols
- 65 Know the rules about authority
- 66 Know the rules about the office hierarchy
- 67 Never disapprove of others
- 68 Understand the herd mentality
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Act one step ahead
- 69 Dress one step ahead
- 70 Talk one step ahead
- 71 Act one step ahead
- 72 Think one step ahead
- 73 Address corporate issues and problems
- 74 Make your company better for having you there
- 75 Talk of ‘we’ rather than ‘I’
- 76 Walk the walk
- 77 Spend more time with senior staff
- 78 Get people to assume you have already made the step
- 79 Prepare for the step after next
- Cultivate diplomacy
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Know the system – and milk it
- 89 Know all the unspoken rules of office life
- 90 Know what to call everyone
- 91 Know when to stay late and when to go early
- 92 Know the theft or perks rule
- 93 Identify the people who count
- 94 Be on the right side of the people who count
- 95 Be well up on new management techniques
- 96 Know the undercurrents and hidden agendas
- 97 Know the favourites and cultivate them
- 98 Know the mission statement – and understand it
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Handle the opposition
- 99 Identify the opposition
- 100 Study them closely
- 101 Don’t back-stab
- 102 Know the psychology of promotion
- 103 Don’t give too much away
- 104 Keep your ear to the ground
- 105 Make the opposition seem irreplaceable
- 106 Don’t damn the opposition with faint praise
- 107 Capitalize on the career-enhancing moments
- 108 Cultivate the friendship and approval of your colleagues
- 109 Know when to break the Rules
- The Rules of power
- Had enough yet …?
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- Imprint
Product information
- Title: The, Rules of Work, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2015
- Publisher(s): Pearson Education
- ISBN: 9781292088112
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