الصراع الوظيفي

by David F. D'Alessandro, ديفيد إف دى أليساندرو

هذا الكتاب تحفة نادرة.. فهو كتاب مهارات الادارة يقدم ارشادات ممتازة، كما أنه كتاب مشوق في نفس الوقت، يبحث ديفيد مقومات ارتفاع السلم الوظيفي ويصرح بها دون مواربة بكل ما فيها من مزايا وعيوب ومؤرقات.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Nonfiction, Management, Buisness

258 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2008

Reviews

[Mike Klem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book about working through extremely challenging times at work. I have reread it as needed throughout my career. Highly recommend!

[Jessica Ruetschlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Homework. And badly edited.

[Todd N · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second business book I read yesterday. This one I read at the Stanford bookstore without buying it. (I went there to get the new collection of Philip Larkin poems (honestly!), but they didn't have it.)

This is a better book than Career Warfare because this one discusses how to undermine and destroy rivals, and it is full of anecdotes about underminers and underminees. The main advice about executive rivals is that you can't take them on directly and publicly. They are like trees, and you have to get your chops in until they lose enough sap that they die and fall over, I mean "leave to spend more time with their family."

Also turns out manners are important (when your aren't chopping), and so is figuring out when to get the heck out (when the joy goes out of chopping rivals).

There is a good break down of the different types of bosses, three types of employees, and the three types of people at any company. Or was that the Career Warfare book? They sort of ran together.

Anyway if you run into an executive, give him a hug because he is in the middle of a very stressful cold war with everyone around them. It's like Tropic of Capricorn meets Appointment in Samara.

[Vijai · Rating 5 out of 5]

A no-nonsense, BS-less, straight to the point, in-your-face advisory on the realities of what competitive life is at the top. I was especially enamored by the title to find out how the bug guns in boardrooms fight it out. Now I do. Nothing new with the wisdom that ones hasn't already read in countless articles online but definitely presented with a fresh approach. Everyone can do with a refresher once in a while. Don't take it to heart though, this is meant for folks at senior management/ CEO/ CFO level, you can't play their game at employee-level, those are two different planes and strategies differ respectively.

Only trouble was that this thing was priced very high. Wait for it to be available at your library or borrow it.

[SteveR · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author, D’Alessandro, was a CEO and mainly speaks to / about executive management. However, much of the book and the recommendations apply to just about any manager in an organization. He offers practical advice, Do’s and Don’ts, and anecdotes that I could relate to in my career. I recommend this book to current and future managers.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting read. D'Alessandro gives some good advice and examples that can be applied, not just to executives. I found the book to be a little too biographical. If you're giving advice it's a little self promoting to say "when I was" so many times.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Ending

A lot was not what I needed in this point of my career but it certainly gave a different perspective. D'Alessando is a great writer which makes for an easy and interesting read.

[Shane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent read with practical examples and ideas on how to manage day to day competition in your job and career.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice to know there are rules... now who follows them...

[Lori Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read book on office politics which will happen to you and around you whether you participate in politics or not.

[Rachel Tongson]

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Every management and executive need to read this book. The Author was able to marry both concepts and practicality. Certainly worth the time reading it.