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Ways and Means for Managing Up: 50 Strategies for Helping You and Your Boss Succeed
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Ways and Means for Managing Up: 50 Strategies for Helping You and Your Boss Succeed

by F. William Smullen
April 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
4h 16m
English
McGraw-Hill
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Expect the Unexpected

Age and experience serve as sources for better anticipating what lies ahead. As twice-over British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said in the nineteenth century, “The expected always happens.” For the most part that’s true; it’s the unexpected that poses a problem.

That doesn’t mean you have to check under every rock or peer around every corner all the time to see what’s there. But you do need to take a regular sensing of what is occurring in your work world that you didn’t anticipate. Why? Because it’s smart. Moreover, it allows your reflexes to catch what’s coming your way.

If you have responsibilities in the office ...

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ISBN: 9780071825245