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Rules of Work, 5th Edition

Name: Rules of Work, 5th Edition
Author: Richard Templar
ISBN: 9781292439686

by Richard Templar

June 2022

Beginner

296 pages

4h 11m

English

Pearson Education

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Cover Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
How to use the Rules
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
15 No touching – except for handshakes
16 No limp fish – develop the perfect handshake
17 Exude confidence and energy
18 Develop a style that gets you noticed
19 Pay attention to personal grooming
20 Be attractive
21 Be cool
22 Speak well
23 Write well
24 Big brother is watching you
Have a plan
25 Know what you want long term
26 Know what you want short term
27 Study the promotion system
28 Develop a game plan
29 Set objectives
30 Know your role
31 Know yourself – strengths and weaknesses
32 Identify key times and events
33 Anticipate threats
34 Look for opportunities
35 Make learning a lifelong mission
If you can’t say anything nice – shut up
36 Don’t gossip
37 Don’t bitch
38 Stand up for others
39 Compliment people sincerely
40 Be cheerful and positive
41 Ask questions
42 Use ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
43 Don’t swear
44 Be a good listener
45 Only speak sense
Look after yourself
46 Know the ethics of your industry
47 Know the legalities of your industry
48 Set personal standards
49 Never lie
50 Never cover up for anyone else
51 Keep records
52 Know the difference between the truth and the whole truth
53 Cultivate your support/contacts/friends
54 Date with caution
55 Understand others’ motives
56 Keep the faith
57 Put things in perspective
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 Never disapprove of others
67 Understand the herd mentality
Act one step ahead
68 Dress one step ahead
69 Talk one step ahead
70 Act one step ahead
71 Think one step ahead
72 Address corporate issues and problems
73 Make your company better for having you there
74 Talk of ‘we’ rather than ‘I’
75 Walk the walk
76 Spend more time with senior staff
77 Get people to assume you have already made the step
78 Prepare for the step after next
Cultivate diplomacy
79 Ask questions in times of conflict
80 Don’t take sides
81 Know when to keep your opinions to yourself
82 Be conciliatory
83 Never lose your temper
84 Never get personal
85 Know how to handle other people’s anger
86 Stand your ground
87 Be objective about the situation
Know the system – and milk it
88 Know all the unspoken rules of office life
89 Know what to call everyone
90 Know when to stay late and when to go early
91 Know the theft or perks rule
92 Identify the people who count
93 Be on the right side of the people who count
94 Be well up on new management techniques
95 Know the undercurrents and hidden agendas
96 Know the favourites and cultivate them
97 Know the mission statement – and understand it
Handle the opposition
98 Identify the opposition
99 Study them closely
100 Don’t back-stab
101 Know the psychology of promotion
102 Don’t give too much away
103 Keep your ear to the ground
104 Make the opposition seem irreplaceable
105 Don’t damn the opposition with faint praise
106 Capitalise on the career-enhancing moments
107 Cultivate the friendship and approval of your colleagues
108 Know when to break the rules
The Rules of power
1 Knowledge is power
2 Be able to walk away
3 Know who you’re dealing with
4 Be authoritative
5 Be likeable
6 Know who you are
7 Be great at your job
8 Get people on your side
9 Be controlled
10 Don’t give it away
Had enough yet …?

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