The Unwritten Rules : The Six Skills You Need to Get Promoted to the Executive Level.
Title:
The Unwritten Rules : The Six Skills You Need to Get Promoted to the Executive Level.
Author:
Beeson, John.
ISBN:
9780470889978
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Contents:
The Unwritten Rules: The Six Skills You Need to Get Promoted to the Executive Level -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Deciphering the Code -- THE UNWRITTEN RULES: AN OVERVIEW -- YOUR CHALLENGE -- Chapter 2: The Feedback That Really Counts -- WHO TO ASK -- HOW TO ASK -- HOW TO RESPOND -- Chapter 3: Demonstrating Strategic Skills -- CAN STRATEGIC THINKING ABILITY BE DEVELOPED? -- GENERATING STRATEGIC INSIGHT -- STRENGTHENING YOUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE A STRATEGIC VISION -- COMPENSATING FOR LESS-THAN-STELLAR STRATEGIC ABILITIES -- DEMONSTRATING STRATEGIC THINKING ABILITY IN A STAFF OR FUNCTIONAL ROLE -- AVOIDING THE FIRST LIEUTENANT SYNDROME -- FOCUSING ON THE CONTROLLABLE FACTORS -- Chapter 4: Building a Strong Management Team -- STEPS TO BUILD A STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM -- BUILDING A STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM: THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE -- BUILDING YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM: A MATTER OF FOCUS -- Chapter 5: Managing Implementation -- BUILDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF IMPLEMENTATION -- BUILDING THE FOUNDATION -- ELEVATING YOUR GAME -- DISPLAYING UNUSED CAPACITY -- Chapter 6: Exhibiting the Capacity for Innovation and Change -- CREATIVITY VERSUS MANAGING INNOVATION -- IT'S ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE -- Chapter 7: Working Across Organizational Boundaries -- DEVELOPING LATERAL MANAGEMENT ABILITY -- DEVELOPING YOUR INFLUENCE AND IMPACT -- Chapter 8: Projecting Executive Presence -- THE ELEMENTS OF EXECUTIVE PRESENCE -- FINDING YOUR VOICE -- EXECUTIVE PRESENCE: A PRACTICED ART -- Chapter 9: Career Development Strategies -- INCREASING YOUR VISIBILITY WITHIN THE COMPANY -- BUILDING YOUR EXTERNAL NETWORK -- CONSIDERING A LATERAL MOVE -- ENGINEERING A DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT -- DEMONSTRATING YOUR LEARNING ABILITY -- IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT STRETCH ASSIGNMENT -- FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO DEVELOP IN YOUR CURRENT ASSIGNMENT -- CRAFTING YOUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
Chapter 10: Navigating Career Dilemmas -- BALANCING AMBITION AND COMPANY COMMITMENT -- DEALING WITH A BAD BOSS -- ADDRESSING A BLOCKAGE SITUATION -- WHEN THE GRASS IS GREENER: TO STAY OR LEAVE? -- THE REALITIES OF CAREER NAVIGATION -- Chapter 11: A Final Challenge to You-and Your Organization -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Index.
Abstract:
Maximize your chances to get promoted to the executive level As predictable career paths have become extinct in most organizations, managers aspiring to the C-level job are left to their own devices to determine how to advance their careers. Even in companies committed to talent development, guidance to aspiring executives is often vague and contradictory. This happens, executive coach John Beeson argues, because executive promotions are made based on the decision makers' intuitive sense of whether or not a manager can succeed at higher levels within the organization. Beeson decodes these leadership criteria--the unwritten rules--that companies use to make decisions about who gets promoted and who doesn't, and identifies the six core "selection factors" that are imperative for success at the executive level Demonstrating strategic skills Building a strong management team Managing implementation Exhibiting the capacity for innovation and change Working across organizational boundaries Projecting executive presence Filled with stories of managers who successfully climbed up the executive ladder-and some who struggled-The Unwritten Rules is an invaluable resource for aspiring executives.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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