Power!: How to Get It, How to Use It

by Michael Korda

Book Overview

Michael Korda, celebrated author, editor and expert on power politics, gives the bottom line on how to get a bigger raise, better job and total control over everyone around you. From the placement of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394493141
• ISBN13: 9780394493145
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

How mean people get the upper hand

Don't read this in order to use it yourself, read it so you will recognize what others are using on you. You'll learn to see the power plays and often be able to foil them before they're fully developed - after they are firmly in place, you're already just another victim.

Wished I Had Read It Earlier

Those who trash the book, insisting "southern charm" will save the day, are completely ignorant about power or politics. I've *personally witnessed* power displays and behavior just as attrocious as the author describes, *from CEO's* no less. I don't use or condone it, but it is there, and to ignore it or scoff at it is to do so at your own loss. Even in the politest of environments with the biggest of smiles, everyone is looking out for themselves. Power plays don't have to be abrupt to be effective. Intimidation can take on very subtle forms, couched in velvet gloves and teacups. The author even states that. Take it from someone who's been there, someone who's been on the receiving end of some pretty dark power plays and still hasn't fully recovered, knowing the material in this book can save your bacon. I wish it had saved mine before it was too late. I recommend it to everybody.

Power! misunderstood

This book was originally written/intended as a satire on climbing the corporate ladder and the power-lust so many of us are privy to in the professional world. If you think the advice is heavy-handed and off-target, well, it's supposed to be!

Essential for anyone wanting to rise in the corporate world

Korda does his best in explaining the different ways that power is obtained in a corporation. "Power Games" and being properly dressed, it's all in the book. It's also a good look at corporate culture during the 1980's, before the management revolution and downsizing went into effect.