What's Stopping Me from Getting Ahead? What Your Manager Won’t Tell You About What It Really Takes to Be Successful
by Goldfarb, RobertEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-10
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary
You work hard. You're good at your job. Your employer values your experience and job performance. But for some reason, you're seeing promotions go to associates who don't have your ability, and you're starting to wonder: What's stopping me from getting ahead? Robert W. Goldfarb has worked with and interviewed hundreds of managers and CEOs around the world, and he's uncovered the surprising truths you must know if you are to win that promotion
Author Biography
About the Author
Robert W. Goldfarb is the president and founder of Urban Directions, Inc., a global consulting firm. For 30 years he has consulted with CEO's and supervisors at every level, coaching on manufacturing lines, in corporate boardrooms, on sales floors, at law firms, universities, hospitals, investment banks and government agencies.
Robert W. Goldfarb is the president and founder of Urban Directions, Inc., a global consulting firm. For 30 years he has consulted with CEO's and supervisors at every level, coaching on manufacturing lines, in corporate boardrooms, on sales floors, at law firms, universities, hospitals, investment banks and government agencies.
His coaching has one objective: helping managers achieve their fullest potential by avoiding behavior that damages careers. Goldfarb has written on managing in a changing society for the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and for Readers' Digest.
Prior to founding his consulting firm, Goldfarb served in line and staff positions at AT&T, Mobil Oil Corporation, Hofstra University and the National Urban Coalition. He graduated with honors from Columbia University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and holds an M.A. from New York University.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Behavior Your Boss Will Not Tolerate | p. 9 |
| Hearing Your Boss | p. 11 |
| Never Forget Why You Were Hired | p. 17 |
| Managing in a Foreign Culture | p. 23 |
| Avoid Overstating Problems | p. 31 |
| When Good Enough Is No Longer Good Enough | p. 37 |
| Managing Former Peers | p. 43 |
| Managing Diversity | p. 49 |
| Give Only the Details Needed | p. 55 |
| Emotions You Arouse in Others | p. 59 |
| Humor That Isn't Funny | p. 61 |
| Killing Creativity | p. 65 |
| When Laid-Back Is Seen as Not Caring | p. 71 |
| Downsizing Humanely | p. 75 |
| Balancing Facts and Feelings | p. 83 |
| When Emotions Overcome Reason | p. 89 |
| Curb That Temper | p. 95 |
| Don't Manage Through Intimidation | p. 101 |
| Behavior That Keeps You Stuck | p. 107 |
| What Is Urgent and What Can Wait | p. 109 |
| Delegate, Don't Do | p. 115 |
| Finding Sanctuary at Work | p. 121 |
| It's Not Just Politics | p. 127 |
| Lose Battles, Win Wars | p. 133 |
| The Price of Arrogance | p. 139 |
| Confrontation Isn't a Dirty Word | p. 145 |
| You Can Balance Family and Work | p. 151 |
| Overcoming Bias Directed at You | p. 157 |
| Racism Reawakening in the Workplace | p. 159 |
| The Workplace Remains Tougher for Women | p. 169 |
| You Want to Retire but Have to Work | p. 181 |
| Some Closing Thoughts | p. 191 |
| Index | p. 193 |
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