Staying Power

by Thomas A. Schweich

Book Overview

Why do certain businesspeople show a baffling capacity to stay on top - displaying resilience in bad times and riding the wave in good ones? Education, intelligence and competence - while positive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071395172
• ISBN13: 9780071395175
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Staying Power works...

Staying Power is written for senior level executives yet has nuggets for managers at all levels. Book was a smooth and easy read. It is broken down into 3 sections: 1) Career Pathing, 2) Personality and 3) Management Style. Lot's of excellent examples and career "rules." Thumbs up.

Success Lessons Not Found in a Text Book

Staying Power is a must read for anyone who plans to acheve success. As a high school marketing teacher, I have applied many conecpts to my own life and shared them with my students.The book brings some very important "success-based" concepts that are not normaly taught, unless by the "school of hard knocks." The book is easy to read, unlike most books of its kind. I highly recomend it.

A Timely Book for Trying Times

This is a great book. Have you ever wondered why some colleagues carreers seem to be blessed. They seemingly can do no wrong. They seem to have spectacular rises. Moving from one promotion to the next, seemingly effortlessly. When they do encounter obstacles and setbacks or seem stymied, they some how mangage to sidestep it or often it turns to their advantage. These executives seem invincible. Is it just dumb luck or is there something at work here? Tom Schweich has some answers. Continuing in vein of his earlier books Tom has taken things a step further. He has gone out and interviewed some of the most successful people of our time and distilled the essence of their successes. Like his other books though he has plenty of war stories from mainstream business world. What I liek about htis book, though is that it does go outside the corporate world. He interview some exotics. There are rock divas and politicians. It's great reading, enjoyable, and written in a clear organised style that you may be familiar with in his previous books. You don't need to be an executive to enjoy and benefit form this book. There are enough universal principles expounded for anyone.A very timely book for the difficult economic times we're headed into.Incidentally don't pay attention to the 1 star review. It's about nursing book....

What Every Young Executive Should Know !!

If you are "on your way up" or if you can't figure why you arestalled on "rung two" of the corporate business ladder---READTHIS BOOK !! The advice and experience offered by top managers,politicos, military officers, professionals and entertainers is amazingly similar and, by following these tactics, they have arrived and stayed at the top. The author's excellent research has produced the excellent secrets of success that everyone can apply to their own careers and lives. I plan to buy two more copies of this book to give as gifts.