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Most Likely to Succeed at Work: How Work Is Just Like High School -- Crib Notes for Getting Along and Getting Ahead Amidst Bullies, Teachers' Pets, Cheerleaders, and Other Members of the "Class"
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As Kurt Vonnegut once said, �True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.�
When it comes down to it, workæwith its know-it-alls, gossips, and brown-nosersæis a lot like high school. This clever and useful book helps readers identify and better communicate with these and other common types we all remember from the days when report cards, not business reports, were our concern, and when the big social event was the prom, not the company picnic.
You don�t need to dig out your yearbook to get a glimpse of these typesæjust take a look around your office: the Teacher�s Pet, the Player, the Cheerleader, the Go-Getter, the Underachiever, the Class Clown, and many more.
With wit and uncanny accuracy, corporate coaches Wilma Davidson and Jack Dougherty outline all the members of the �class,� offering tips on working efficiently with each type, whether they�re your boss, your client, or a colleague. The book also delivers advice on handling authority, conformity, looks, popularity, �sex education,� and other indignities from high school that live on in the workplace.
Whether you�re still the same as you were in high school, a combination of types, or a reformed Rebel turned Class President, you will delight in and learn from this unique guide.
When it comes down to it, workæwith its know-it-alls, gossips, and brown-nosersæis a lot like high school. This clever and useful book helps readers identify and better communicate with these and other common types we all remember from the days when report cards, not business reports, were our concern, and when the big social event was the prom, not the company picnic.
You don�t need to dig out your yearbook to get a glimpse of these typesæjust take a look around your office: the Teacher�s Pet, the Player, the Cheerleader, the Go-Getter, the Underachiever, the Class Clown, and many more.
With wit and uncanny accuracy, corporate coaches Wilma Davidson and Jack Dougherty outline all the members of the �class,� offering tips on working efficiently with each type, whether they�re your boss, your client, or a colleague. The book also delivers advice on handling authority, conformity, looks, popularity, �sex education,� and other indignities from high school that live on in the workplace.
Whether you�re still the same as you were in high school, a combination of types, or a reformed Rebel turned Class President, you will delight in and learn from this unique guide.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published August 15,1994
This edition
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224 pages, Hardcover
- Published
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June 5, 2003 by St. Martin's Press
- ISBN
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9780312317089
- ASIN
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0312317085
- Language
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English
About the author
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Wilma has been coaching clients in corporate classrooms since 1980. As president of Davidson & Associates, she has advised a wide range of Fortune 500 companies, educational groups, government agencies, and professional organizations on the written and oral communication challenges confronting them.
In addition to helping others handle their page and stage fright, to coaching better writing and speaking success in the workplace, to ghostwriting and editing for others, she has taught these topics on the undergraduate and graduate college levels.
Over the years her work has been featured in prominent publications and along with her published articles on a variety of topics, she has authored and co-authored several books on the art of communicating well.
Wilma earned a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Connecticut, a Master's in English Education from the State University of New York, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Journalism from American International College, and a doctorate from Rutgers University where she was one of the first scholars to earn a doctorate by examining the types of writing unique to business.
In addition to helping others handle their page and stage fright, to coaching better writing and speaking success in the workplace, to ghostwriting and editing for others, she has taught these topics on the undergraduate and graduate college levels.
Over the years her work has been featured in prominent publications and along with her published articles on a variety of topics, she has authored and co-authored several books on the art of communicating well.
Wilma earned a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Connecticut, a Master's in English Education from the State University of New York, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Journalism from American International College, and a doctorate from Rutgers University where she was one of the first scholars to earn a doctorate by examining the types of writing unique to business.
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