Maximum Success: Changing the 12 Behavior Patterns That Keep You from Getting ahead - Hardcover

Waldroop, James; Butler, Timothy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385498497 ISBN 13: 9780385498494

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 2000

Synopsis

Identifies twelve behaviors that can undermine a career, explaining how to break patterns that limit advancement for any job and outlining the stories of executives from such companies as GTE, Sony, GE, and McKinsey & Co.

About this title

About the Author:

James Waldroop, Ph.D., and Timothy Butler, Ph.D., are directors of MBA career development at the Harvard Business School, as well as the creators of the Internet-based interactive career-assessment program CareerLeader, currently used by over 100 corporations and MBA programs worldwide. Leaders in the area of executive coaching and intervention, they have consulted with many of the top corporations in the country. They are the authors of Discovering Your Career in Business, as well as articles that have appeared in the Harvard Business Review and Fortune. They live in the Boston metropolitan area.

From the Inside Flap:

m Success is a compelling exploration of the behavior patterns that cause people to undermine their careers-as well as specific advice on how to overcome them. Have you ever wondered why some people seem to rise effortlessly to the top, while others are stuck in the same job year after year? Have you ever felt you are falling short of your career potential? Have you wondered if some of the things you do-or don't do-at work might be hamstringing your ambitions?

In Maximum Success, James Waldroop and Timothy Butler, directors of MBA career development at the Harvard Business School, identify the twelve habits that over and over again-whether you are a retail clerk or a partner in a law firm, whether you work in technology or in a factory-are almost guaranteed to hold you back.

While an examination of the habits of highly effective people has made Stephen Covey's book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People a self-help classic, the fact is th

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0385498497
• ISBN 13: 9780385498494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 325