Listen to Your Work: Job-Active Advice from a Battle-Scarred Mentor - Softcover

Andrews, Collins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935166018 ISBN 13: 9781935166016

Publisher: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This is an easy-to-read guide for mentors, mentees, professors of business, and business graduates is a must-read for all professionals written by a retired senior manager. Although intended for a business audience, the advice in this book is appropriate for employers and employees from any discipline. With chapter headings like Teaming and Trust, Communication, Humanity in Business, and The Bottom Line; Work Hard, Do Right, and Have Fun, it is apparent that this man understands what motivates people to do their best work and how to communicate his ideas to employers and employees alike.

About this title

About the Author

Collins Andrews has helped build some of the country's fastest-growing companies, including Systematics, Inc. and Alltel Information Services, Inc., where he retired from senior management. A graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University, Andrews earned his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt and an advanced degree from Purdue. He is a member of the Arkansas Executive Forum and a recent inductee into the Arkansas Academy of Computing. Andrews live in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he is a frequent lecturer for leadership and management training programs. He heads Andrews Consulting, LLC.

From the Back Cover

"Listen to Your Work gives new graduates--and mature graduates--the clear analysis of business relationship paths...."
--J.R. Thomas, President and CEO,
MedSynergies, Inc., Dallas, Texas

"Even academics like me can learn from Andrews' book. The truths of Listen to Your Work are too often skirted or ignored in college classrooms and business seminars."
-- Donald D. White, Professor of Management
Walton College of Business
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Listen to Your Work is an honest, put-it-right-out-there, warts-and-all, from-the-heart dump from a very capable senior manager, who has walked the talk and deserves the respect of those of us who are still learning the lessons.
-- Don Hatfield, Retired Senior Executive
Acxiom Corporation, Arkansas Systems, Inc.,
and Systematics, Inc.

"[Andrews' book is] a must-read for any young professional entering the workforce or moving into a new position. I wish it had been available when I started working."
--Scott T. Ford, CEO
Alltel Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas

Edition details

• Publisher: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935166018
• ISBN 13: 9781935166016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176