The Secrets of success at work, 2nd Edition

The Secrets of success at work, 2nd Edition

by Richard Hall
Released October 2010
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall Business
ISBN: 9780273743033

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Book description

These are real secrets. Pearls of wisdom learnt through years of experience in some of the most competitive companies around. They are the secrets that seriously successful people use to get ahead, even when times are tough.

Here are ten core principles that you can use to be the very best at what you do. They’re shameless crutches on which to leverage your talent, powerful ways to develop a reputation for excellence and winning strategies that will help ensure your survival in any economic climate.

Very few can build a career that gives them what they deserve – but now you can. Success can be yours, once you know the secrets.

You need this book to keep sane and get ahead in business today.

James Arnold-Baker - founding chairman, Doctors.net.uk and Hothouse Fiction; ex CEO Oxford University Press.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for The Secrets of Success at Work
  3. Warning!
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction How to find your own ‘WOW’ factor (and then how to develop it) (1/2)
  7. Introduction How to find your own ‘WOW’ factor (and then how to develop it) (2/2)
  8. Look in the mirror. That’s the real you … say hallo and be amazed (1/4)
  9. Look in the mirror. That’s the real you … say hallo and be amazed (2/4)
  10. Look in the mirror. That’s the real you … say hallo and be amazed (3/4)
  11. Look in the mirror. That’s the real you … say hallo and be amazed (4/4)
  12. To be told ‘you really look as though you know where you are going’ is high praise (1/3)
  13. To be told ‘you really look as though you know where you are going’ is high praise (2/3)
  14. To be told ‘you really look as though you know where you are going’ is high praise (3/3)
  15. Become a powerful learning machine (1/3)
  16. Become a powerful learning machine (2/3)
  17. Become a powerful learning machine (3/3)
  18. Rediscover the lost art of listening (1/3)
  19. Rediscover the lost art of listening (2/3)
  20. Rediscover the lost art of listening (3/3)
  21. I love pineapples: the state of enthusiasm that beats the blues (1/4)
  22. I love pineapples: the state of enthusiasm that beats the blues (2/4)
  23. I love pineapples: the state of enthusiasm that beats the blues (3/4)
  24. I love pineapples: the state of enthusiasm that beats the blues (4/4)
  25. Help your boss and they will help you and your career (1/3)
  26. Help your boss and they will help you and your career (2/3)
  27. Help your boss and they will help you and your career (3/3)
  28. Individuals contribute, but it’s teams that win (1/4)
  29. Individuals contribute, but it’s teams that win (2/4)
  30. Individuals contribute, but it’s teams that win (3/4)
  31. Individuals contribute, but it’s teams that win (4/4)
  32. ‘Are you being served?’ Why responsiveness is so important (1/3)
  33. ‘Are you being served?’ Why responsiveness is so important (2/3)
  34. ‘Are you being served?’ Why responsiveness is so important (3/3)
  35. The power to attract (1/4)
  36. The power to attract (2/4)
  37. The power to attract (3/4)
  38. The power to attract (4/4)
  39. Be a thinker and a doer and a magician (1/4)
  40. Be a thinker and a doer and a magician (2/4)
  41. Be a thinker and a doer and a magician (3/4)
  42. Be a thinker and a doer and a magician (4/4)
  43. Conclusion A master class in accelerating your career (1/2)
  44. Conclusion A master class in accelerating your career (2/2)

Product information

  • Title: The Secrets of success at work, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Richard Hall
  • Release date: October 2010
  • Publisher(s): Prentice Hall Business
  • ISBN: 9780273743033