Fast Track to the Top
Everyone desires success at work - the challenge is how to achieve it. Fast Track to the Top aims to bridge that gap by looking at the skills, attitudes, backgrounds and working habits of high achievers, including Bob Reid, Rocco Forte, Sir Richard Greenbury and Stella Rimmington.
What does it take to be successful at work?
Do successful people have similar traits?
Can you `learn' to be successful?
Everyone desires success at work, but the challenge is how to achieve it. This book is about bridging that gap between desire and achievement. It looks at the skills, attitudes, backgrounds and working habits of 80 business leaders to see what makes them tick, and what similar traits they share. The result is a true guide to the necessary characteristics for reaching the top of a profession and achieving long term success.
High achievers share similar personality traits and they are presented here as `The Ten Commandments' for success. Fast Track to the Top gives you the opportunity to discover these crucial skills, and then presents practical programmes for you to assess and develop your skills in these areas. The book is centred around these keys areas:
- problem solving;
- achieving results;
- drive for success;
- interpersonal skills;
- team building;
- stress management;
- a love of change;
- self awareness;
- negotiation skills;
- confidence.
A practical guide to the characteristics necessary for success, this book contains tests for you to rank your own capabilities and proven approaches for improving performance in particular areas - so you too can achieve your full potential.
Successful people are not a race apart; they have a variety of IQ's, expertise and backgrounds. They are just like the rest of us - and their positions are up for grabs.
BOOK DETAILS :Paperback, 256 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 142 MM Language English.
1. Introduction
2. Results
3. The first commandment: problem solve
4. The second commandment: deliver the goods
5. The third commandment: want to win
6. The fourth commandment: relate
7. The fifth commandment: trust the team
8. The sixth commandment: de-stress
9. The seventh commandment: love change
10. The eighth commandment: know yourself
11. The ninth commandment: strike a deal
12. The tenth commandment: be confident
13. The last chapter
Ros Taylor is a leading UK psychologist, successful businesswoman, accomplished author and TV and radio presenter. A clinical psychologist and managing director, she travels the world developing the potential of employees through the Transformation Programme which she has formulated.One of the three key presenters for BBC Two's Confidence Lab, she is also the author of Confidence in Just Seven Days. Newspapers have described her variously as 'the gurur of personal development' and 'the best motivational speaker heard this year'. She was named by The Independent on Sunday as one of the top ten coaches in Britain.
John Humphrey heads the Employment Risk Consulting practice of Marsh UK, and advises many leading employers on health and employee issues. He is a Fellow of the Institutes of Risk Management and Occupational Safety and Health, and the Royal Society of Medicine. An author and lecturer, he is also an authority on risk management, business expansion and people development. His books include Looking After Corporate Health: A Guide to Protecting the Health and Productivity of People in the Business Environment.