| Getting Promoted: Real Strategies for Advancing Your Career Contributor(s): Chambers, Harry E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738201022 ISBN-13: 9780738201023 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1999 Annotation: For any ambitious person in business today, climbing the corporate ladder seems more cutthroat and challenging than ever before. In Getting Promoted, Harry Chambers dispels the modern-day myth that "the only way to move up is to move out" and provides a wide array of hands-on strategies and tactics to assess the potential for promotion, meet the challenges of intense competition, develop critical communication and organizational skills, recognize internal and external obstacles, and position yourself for success. Drawing from original interviews and research with managers and trainers in a variety of industries, Chambers shows you how to focus on your most promotable skills, manage perceptions of colleagues and supervisors, avoid promotion killers, and even use the performance appraisal process to your advantage. Packed with assessment tools, exercises, and no-nonsense advice, Getting Promoted will be an essential resource for anyone on the way up. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Careers - Job Hunting |
| Dewey: 650.14 |
| LCCN: 98-83276 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.31" W x 8.22" (0.63 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From house author and popular management trainer, Harry Chambers, comes a paperback original for ambitious individuals who aspire to achieve growth, development, and promotability in their current job. Chambers dispels the modern day myth that "the only way to move up is to move out," and provides a wide array of hands-on strategies and tactics to analyze today's promotional realities, obtain critical skills, recognize internal and external obstacles, and position yourself for success. Drawing from original interview research with managers and trainers in a wide array of industries, Getting Promoted shows workers at all levels how to focus on the most promotable skills, manage perceptions of colleagues and bosses, avoid promotion-killing behaviors, and assess the competitive landscape. |
