Download or read book Playing the Career Game written by Jerome M. Butler and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STRATEGIC STEPS TOWARD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER. . .This book is about career strategies and techniques to assist readers on how to "play the career game." It demystifies how one succeeds in their careers by changing their beliefs and attitudes about what is possible. All of us can have a clearer vision when we have a career game plan to guide us. Dr. Butler and Dr. Thomas present simple and practical material in a game or sport mode that will enable you to immediately take steps toward your career goals. Inside the book are questions to help you focus on the steps to a successful career. The book is filled with real life career success stories, which demonstrate the power of strategies and processes which enable us to be successful in whatever career endeavor we aspire. Readers will learn that true career success is built upon the same foundation as other games or sports where the objective is to win.
Download or read book The Career Game Plan written by Shaun Tyrance and published by Athlete's Library. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Career Game Plan is a program designed to prepare student-athletes to compete and win on their next playing field - the rapidly changing and complex world of work. The Career Game Plan exposes athletes to the many skills required to enter the workforce. Each chapter includes quotes from former athletes, and statistics highlighting the career development experiences of student-athletes. This book teaches athletes how to navigate the career development process by guiding them through a systematic curriculum that exposes them to the skills needed to be successful in today's competitive labor market. The Career Game Plan helps athletes explore the job market, and gives them an awareness of their unique personality traits, values and career interests that will inform their career decisions. The activities and exercises included in this book will provide students-athletes with the foundation they need to tackle the career development process and find meaningful work.
Download or read book Job Smarts how to Play the Career Game and Win written by T. F. (Thomas Francis) Carney and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Your Career Game written by Nathan Bennett and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Career Game demonstrates how game theory can help readers to understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy. Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers, managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career efforts. Then, they show how readers can become better players. The key to learning how to play the career game is "career agility"—in short, nimble individuals are better game players. Thois book includes conversations with a wide range of successful professionals such as Ursula Burns (Xerox), Stephen Elop (Microsoft), Marius Kloppers (BHP Billiton), Ken Frazier (Merck), and Liz McCartney (The St. Bernard Project), and discusses how their career moves demonstrate elements of a game theory approach to career management. This is a must-read strategic guide for anyone who seeks to advance their career and navigate today's job market.
Download or read book Workplace Poker written by Dan Rust and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A career advisor explains why many talented, hard-working people often miss out on their full career potential, revealing the tells, blind spots, secrets, and unspoken rules you need to know in order to play the game to win. While many careers have been impacted by economic downturns, failed projects, downsizing and restructuring, or just bad bosses or bad timing, we all know of colleagues who continue to rise through every tough situation. Most assume that they have an advantage that protects them—degrees from the right schools, great mentors, influential friends and family, or just better luck. But these hyper-successful professionals have faced setbacks, too. Instead of allowing challenges to derail their rise, they’ve learned how to manage them better. In Workplace Poker, Dan Rust gives you the strategies you need to accelerate your career, and prevent setbacks from stalling your progress or spiraling it downward. The trick, he reveals, is to “play the game under the game,” to think more deeply and act more strategically. If you are talented, ambitious, and hardworking, but feel your career just isn’t accelerating as rapidly as it should, or as fast as you would like it to, this book is for you. If you have been frustrated to see others (less talented, who don’t work as hard as you do) achieve rapid professional progress while your career stalls out, this book is for you. If you’ve been annoyed by those who are successful primarily because of where they went to school, or family connections, or financial resources, this book is for you. Rust gives you the insight and skills you need to transform yourself and adapt and survive any hurdle—to turn every adversity into advantage, and every struggle into strength, including: • Recognition of your own “blind spots” and what to do about them • Mastering strategic and authentic self-promotion • Enhancing your personal charm and likeability • Achieving the high energy, both mental and physical, necessary to drive an exceptional career trajectory • Developing an interest in “corporate anthropology” and the complex human dimensions of business • Neutralizing the career-stalling impact of difficult or dysfunctional colleagues • Deeply “owning” and learning from career missteps and failures In his smart, funny, relatable voice, Rust shares stories of individuals who have applied these capabilities in real world situations, and provides short, focused exercises to help you think about yourself and your own career. With Workplace Poker¸ you’ll learn how to get out of you own way, and find the success you deserve.
Download or read book Winning The Game Scientists Play written by Carl J Sindermann and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-01-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inspiring book of personal insight and sound advice, veteran scientist Carl J. Sindermann gives an insider's look at the competitive world of science and reveals the best strategies for attaining prominence and success. Taking apart the many different roles scientists must play during their careers, Sindermann compares common mistakes scientists make with what the best strategists do-whether they are publishing papers, presenting data, chairing meetings, or coping with government or academic bureaucracy. In the end, he maintains, well-honed interpersonal skills, a savvy eye on one's competitors, and excellent science are the keys to a satisfying and successful career.
Download or read book Mastering the Game written by Sharon E. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nothing more frustrating than playing a game without knowing all the rules. Lawyer and diversity consultant Sharon E. Jones can attest to this in her professional life. As a woman of color, she has spent her entire career navigating the conscious and unconscious biases of her supervisors and peers. Jones demystifies ten unwritten "rules of the game" and provides strategies to help women and other diverse professionals succeed. Jones discusses¿the current trends in diversity in the workplace,¿the importance of visualizing your goals before you even begin,¿the value emotional tenacity will have as you encounter challenging situations,¿the need to identify the metrics for success,¿the difference good sponsorship can make for your career,¿the ways your professional appearance alters others' opinions of you,¿the importance of self-promoting and advertising your strengths, and¿more rules and techniques to help you build your vision of personal and professional success.Jones has discovered that these lessons can apply to every type of organization and industry. She understands that women and people of color need to work twice as hard just to get rewarded, and she wants to help you overcome the challenges you may face in your workplace.
Download or read book Play Like a Man Win Like a Woman written by Gail Evans and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2001-09-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest and practical handbook that reveals important insights into relationships between men and women and work, Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, is a must-read for every woman who wants to leverage her power in the workplace. Women make up almost half of today's labor force, but in corporate America they don't share half of the power. Only four of the Fortune 500 company CEOs are women, and it's only been in the last few years that even half of the Fortune 500 companies have more than one female officer. A major reason for this? Most women were never taught how to play the game of business. Throughout her career in the super-competitive, male-dominated media industry, Gail Evans, one of the country's most powerful executives, has met innumerable women who tell her that they feel lost in the workplace, almost as if they were playing a game without knowing the directions. In this book, she reveals the secrets to the playbook of success and teaches women at all levels of the organization--from assistant to vice president--how to play the game of business to their advantage. Men know the rules because they wrote them, but women often feel shut out of the process because they don't know when to speak up, when to ask for responsibility, what to say at an interview, and a lot of other key moves that can make or break a career. Sharing with humor and candor her years of lessons from corporate life, Gail Evans gives readers practical tools for making the right decisions at work. Among the rules you will learn are: • How to Keep Score at Work • When to Take a Risk • How to Deal with the Imposter Syndrome • Ten Vocabulary Words That Mean Different Things to Men and Women • Why Men Can be Ugly, and You Can't • When to Quit Your Job
Download or read book Playing to Win written by David Sirlin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winning at competitive games requires a results-oriented mindset that many players are simply not willing to adopt. This book walks players through the entire process: how to choose a game and learn basic proficiency, how to break through the mental barriers that hold most players back, and how to handle the issues that top players face. It also includes a complete analysis of Sun Tzu's book The Art of War and its applications to games of today. These foundational concepts apply to virtually all competitive games, and even have some application to "real life." Trade paperback. 142 pages.
Download or read book Games Bosses Play written by Russell Wild and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this humorous but practical look at the posturing, delegating, and gamesmanship that goes on between bosses and employers, Russell Wild helps identify these behaviors and gives employees invaluable advice, gathered from more than 50 leading business strategists, on surviving these "games". 12 illustrations.
Download or read book Job Smarts written by Tom Carney and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All Work and Some Play written by Kristen Toohill and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-07 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wouldn't it be great to develop high-impact, transferable soft skills by playing fun games at work? Wouldn't it be even better if those games helped future-proof your career against artificial intelligence? We know developing soft skills is not easy; the 'soft stuff' is often, in reality, the hardest part of our work. But scientific data and experience suggest that playing games is one of the most effective ways to develop valuable, uniquely human skills. In this science-based book, you will learn about the 21st-century human skills your team needs to flourish in a world of advancing AI, and how each of those skills can be taught by playing games. You'll discover:* An in-depth exploration of each of the skills: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity/innovation* Several specific game suggestions to develop each 21st-century skill* Real-life stories about the powerful impact of playing games at work* A step-by-step guide to facilitating game sessions for best resultsWe will show that playing games doesn't just improve your soft skills. Play can also boost employee engagement, work relationships, personal happiness, and business results. It's your turn; game on!
Download or read book Fair Play written by Eve Rodsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "A hands-on, real talk guide for navigating the hot-button issues that so many families struggle with."--Reese Witherspoon Tired, stressed, and in need of more help from your partner? Imagine running your household (and life!) in a new way... It started with the Sh*t I Do List. Tired of being the "shefault" parent responsible for all aspects of her busy household, Eve Rodsky counted up all the unpaid, invisible work she was doing for her family -- and then sent that list to her husband, asking for things to change. His response was... underwhelming. Rodsky realized that simply identifying the issue of unequal labor on the home front wasn't enough: She needed a solution to this universal problem. Her sanity, identity, career, and marriage depended on it. The result is Fair Play: a time- and anxiety-saving system that offers couples a completely new way to divvy up chores and responsibilities. Rodsky interviewed more than five hundred men and women from all walks of life to figure out what the invisible work in a family actually entails and how to get it all done efficiently. With four easy-to-follow rules, 100 household tasks, and a series of conversation starters for you and your partner, Fair Play helps you prioritize what's important to your family and who should take the lead on every chore from laundry to homework to dinner. "Winning" this game means rebalancing your home life, reigniting your relationship with your significant other, and reclaiming your Unicorn Space -- as in, the time to develop the skills and passions that keep you interested and interesting. Stop drowning in to-dos and lose some of that invisible workload that's pulling you down. Are you ready to try Fair Play? Let's deal you in.
Download or read book Games2careers written by Susan H. Gubing and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is non-fiction. From November 3, 1995 until May 15, 1996 seventy people witnessed documented events of celestial visitations. The skeptics are probably saying, "another nut case; trying to pull a scam," or just dismissing this out-of-hand. Many of the seventy who witnessed the events, can't accept it either! I have proof, yet, its taken me until now to disclose it. It is hard to believe your "lying eyes" sometimes, and your "lying ears." Shakardak, one of the visiting beings whom we called "angels," forewarned us: "Some will see and they will believe; some will not see and they will believe; some will hear and they will believe; and some will not hear and they will believe; and then there will be those who will see and they will not believe; and there will be those who will hear and they will not believe." This was written to enlighten you as to the truth of where we are in time. Awaki, Archangel Michael in this universe, instructed us:"...should those who speak unto you say, 'you are foolish and that which you saw was a deception and it cannot be,' open and you shall say unto them 'that I saw and I felt, and was not there those who saw and felt, that did not believe in Jah (Jesus)?' And you say unto them that, and then you say 'should I not be a believer of my God in obedience and faith or should you be a unbeliever in darkness and disobedience? It is your choice." In "Words From Awaki," abortions, homosexuality, creationism vs. evolution, global warming and the end of days, armageddon, the return of Jesus, spirituality, religion, heaven, hell, death, and life are all addressed by those who visited. Dare to read it!!!
Download or read book How to Ask the SMART QUESTIONS for Winning the Games of Career and Life written by Michael McGaulley and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVERVIEW: HOW TO ASK THE SMART QUESTIONS FOR WINNING THE GAMES OF CAREER AND LIFE"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." - Albert EinsteinEver feel that you're being moved as a pawn in the games others are playing around you? Ever get the sense that you're not winning- maybe not even aware of - the subtle games of business and life going on around you . . . let alone the tricky games of career success and office politics?As one federal executive put it, "You've got to be aware of the games that are being played. You don't have to play the games yourself, but you do need to recognize when they are being played against you."GAMES (AND "GAMIFICATION") ARE REALITY!The reality is that games, probes, and subtle competitions-and not to forget office politics! -are facts of life in most organizations. You're at a significant disadvantage in your quest for career development if you fail to recognize these as games of career success for what they are, and "play" appropriately.These are not games we play for fun. These are serious career games-secret, covert games that are played not for fun, but for keeps. Covert career games that the opposing players don't tell us are in play, nor what the rules are, nor even what "winning" consists of. People skills and social intelligence are key.Interestingly, there's a new term coming into use more and more-"gamification"-that expresses that mindset of viewing career and business success as a game. In some cases, the game is about serious stuff like the organization's best direction forward. In others, it's about the struggle over budgets or promotions. In still others, it's just about office politics, as usual. When you look at work as a success game, you'll begin noticing game-like ploys like these:* strategic "disinformation" (i.e. saying or doing things to mislead opposing players on what you are up to);* pretexting (using cover stories to conceal hidden agendas);* covert actions, subterfuges, and other types of "sneaky stuff";* phony emotions, either to "friend" you, or to intimidate you;* sometimes principals operating through stand-ins. (Think of that the next time the boss asks you to sit in for her at a meeting: Maybe this isn't really a vote of confidence in you; maybe you're being set up to take the fall.)* and, of course, office politics in all its forms and nuances!KNOWLEDGE IS POWERBut if the other players don't tell us what the rules of success are in these career games, nor even put a name to their games, then how do we survive and win these career success games? How do we develop key career development skills? How? By making a habit of asking the right savvy, smart questions.What are those "smart questions"? What are the savvy questions that will boost your career and provide the help you keep your focus when you encounter games, probes, ploys and manipulations? HOW TO ASK THE SMART QUESTIONS FOR WINNING THE GAMES OF CAREER AND LIFE serves as a checklist of smart, savvy questions that will guide you to career success. Here are some of those questions (though in the book they are fleshed out with mini-case studies and additional questions useful in getting perspective and drilling in for more detail):* What are the "real rules" that operate here, beneath the coded language and disinformation? What real rules govern communication here?* Do I really need to be involved in this? Or am I being drawn into someone else's problem?* What is "winning" for me? What is winning for the others, including hidden players operating through stand-ins?* What is my best move at this point? Is a confrontation needed? If so, is now the best time?* What should I consider before taking action? Am I thinking enough steps ahead?* Are there broader opportunities hidden within this situation?* What can I learn from this situation? * Am I receiving the recognition and compensation I honestly deserve?
Download or read book The Great Mental Models Volume 1 written by Shane Parrish and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
Download or read book Back in the Game written by Jeffrey S. Kutcher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word concussion was unheard of in youth sports a decade ago. The injury was indeed occurring, but youth athletes were often told to "shake it off" after "getting their bell rung". Science and increased awareness about concussion and brain health have transformed the way youth parents, coaches, and players pursue athletics. Fear of incurring concussions, as well as incomplete or incorrect information, is leading some parents to keep their children out of contact sports, such as football and soccer, where concussion is more prevalent. Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career does not dwell on perpetuating fears but, rather, provides the most up-to-date understanding of the condition. This is a real-world discussion of what science and medicine know, what parents and coaches need to understand about concussion, evaluation and treatment, and what possible post-concussive issues exist. The expertise and experiences of noted sports neurologist Jeffrey S. Kutcher, MD, along with reporting and interviews by award-winning sports journalist Joanne C. Gerstner, make this book a timely, relevant, and real discussion about concussions in youth sports. Athletes and professional coaches who have participated in the formation of this book include two-time Olympic gold medalist soccer player Kate Markgraf, former NHL/Team Canada head coach Andy Murray, champion X-Games snowboarder Ellery Hollingsworth, along with an array of youth parents, coaches, and athletes from across the country.
