Improving the Odds of Getting Beyond the Door

By Ronald Statum

Frustrated by your inability to climb the corporate ladder? Stymied by your unrewarded efforts, or by your lack of understanding as to how to play the game? Improving the Odds of Getting Beyond the Door offers the all-too real story of the struggle to succeed in today's world. Based on real events and information shared by business people nationwide, this book provides a composite narrative of a hardworking, ambitious young man named Ken, who enters the mainstream of corporate America and quickly encounters the attitudes, thought processes, conditions and behaviors that build barriers to advancement. Improving the Odds of Getting Beyond the Door addresses the cause of such barriers, making it the perfect guidebook for learning how to identify, understand, and manage such career-altering variables. It shows the importance of: * Being results-oriented and a solution provider * Developing a reputation for being a sound and timely decision maker * Having courage to seek and act on career enhancing options * Adhering to values and beliefs through both good and bad times * Enhancing one's communication skills * Developing managerial courage * Being worthy of a mentor/sponsor

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143271998X
• ISBN13: 9781432719982
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"