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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787637203321

Autore

Liu Betty

Titolo

Work smarts : what CEOs say you need to know to get ahead / / Betty Liu ; cover designer C. Wallace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-74809-3

1-118-74798-4

1-118-74493-4

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Classificazione

BUS012000

Altri autori (Persone)

WallaceC

Disciplina

650.1

Soggetti

Success in business

Career development

Success - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Work Smarts: What CEOs Say You Need to Know to Get Ahead; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part One: If I Knew This Before, I'd Be a Millionaire . . .; Chapter 1: The Company of One; Chapter 2: Why the Q Factor Is So Important; Chapter 3: How to Network; Chapter 4: Asking for a Raise; Chapter 5: The Art of Negotiation; Part Two: The Three Fs: Fear, Finances, and Flow; Chapter 6: Fear; Chapter 7: Finances; Chapter 8: Flow; Part Three: Postcards from the C-Suite; Chapter 9: What It's Really Like to Be a CEO; Chapter 10: Sound Off: The Most Annoying . . .; Part Four: Things I've Learned

Chapter 11: You Can't Really Be Good at Everything . . . and That's OK!Chapter 12: Five Tips for Life; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Award-winning Bloomberg financial journalist Betty Lui compiles the wisdom of the world's most successful CEOs into a practical guide to successIn Work Smarts, Betty Lui asks the tough questions of those who've been there and succeeded to give readers the best opportunity at job success. Interviewing the likes of Mickey Drexler, Ellen DeGeneres, Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, Elon Musk, Starbucks' Howard Schultz, Indra Nooyi, and Sheryl Sandberg among



many others, the book offers practical advice on such topics as networking, connecting with your boss, deciding when to say "no" to a work request, bouncing back from a firing or layoff, and why sometimes being good at your job just isn't enough"--