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 What
do we know--really know--about achieving
exceptional career success? What are the best
ways to get on the fast track, and stay there?
The Truth About Managing Your Career reveals
what really works: 60 proven principles and easy
career management techniques you can start using
right now.
In just minutes, you'll discover powerfully
effective ways to start a new job and make a
great first impression... work more smoothly
with bosses and colleagues... build a
high-performance personal network... manage your
workload... decide who to trust (and
distrust)... handle your enemies and overcome
career setbacks... recognize when to move on...
get noticed, get ahead, and get to the top!
Written in an easy, down-to-earth style, this
book has been endorsed by some of the best minds
in business, including Lois Frankel, NYTimes
bestselling author of Nice Girls Don't Get the
Corner Office and Art Kleiner, Editor of
Strategy+Business and author of Who Really
Matters: The Core Group Theory of Power,
Privilege and Success.
From Lois Frankel, author of Nice Girls Don't
Get the Corner Office: "A cutting-edge pioneer
in the field of business coaching, Dr. Karen
Otazo knows--and speaks--the truth about how to
get and keep the job you want. Regardless of
your age or stage of your career, you'll find
practical tips and tools to make your workplace
journey smoother, more enjoyable, and
potentially more profitable. The Truth about
Managing Your Career is a must-have for your
career library."
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"Karen Otazo distills years of her wisdom,
insight, and global coaching expertise into each
of her "5-minute chapters". The result is a
collection of highly polished gems to be
contemplated at the many cross roads of your
career journey".
***Saj-nicole A. Joni, Author, The Third
Opinion"
"Years of browsing in airport bookshops have
made me highly skeptical of the management
'wisdom' we are fed today. However, here at last
is a book that leaders will instantly recognize
as making real practical sense - I wish I'd read
it 25 years earlier."
***Ritchie Bent, Group Head of Human Resources,
Jardine Matheson Ltd
"A cutting-edge pioneer in the field of business
coaching, Dr. Karen Otazo knows -- and speaks --
the truth about how to get and keep the job you
want. Regardless of your age or stage of your
career, you’ll find practical tips and tools to
make your workplace journey smoother, more
enjoyable, and potentially more profitable. The
Truth about Managing Your Career is a must-have
for your career library."
***Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., Author of Nice Girls
Don't Get the Corner Office and Nice Girls Don't
Get Rich
"This book should be subtitled 'Everything you
need to know to succeed in the real world of
business but were smart enough to realize that
if you asked, the people around you might
perceive it as weakness!' If you let it, 'The
Truth about Managing Your Career' will be your
bible, coach, best friend and secret weapon as
you propel your business, career or project to
the next level."
***Michael Neill, creator of
www.geniuscatalyst.com and author of You Can
Have What You Want and The Seven Myths of
Success audio programs
"Two points stand out in this clear and cogent
book: "Work is a game." And, "It's worth playing
well." Karen Otazo, a consummate corporate
insider and outsider, sums up the standing
knowledge of excellent gamespersonship in this
succinct manual for people entering the
workforce, and for people standing back to gain
better perspective on their own careers."
***Art Kleiner, editor of strategy+business and
author, Who Really Matters: The Core Group
Theory of Power, Privilege and Success.
"I feel lucky that Karen Otazo has coached me
through many a career challenge. Now her years
of insight and experience are open to readers of
this indispensable guide. For anyone making for
the heady summits of organizational life, like
oxygen they should have it on hand for regular
intake." ***Julia Rowntree, author
Balancing Act: Art and the Business of Survival
"Karen Otazo beautifully succeeds in distilling
over two decades of supremely practical
organizational know-how in this gem of a book.
Her style is clear, concise and immediately
accessible. She speaks to the mind and emotions
simultaneously and galvanizes action. Reading
this book and applying its pragmatic wisdom will
assure your safe passage through many
contemporary corporate minefields."
***James Flaherty, Executive Coach, author
of Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others
“The Truth about Managing Your Career’ is
easy-to-use, succinct and wise. Karen Otazo
provides lots of useful tips for performers in
the theatre of organizational life. But her
book’s greatest strength is in showing why a
career should be built on principles. A key
principle is respect for others, senior and
junior, even when you don’t agree with their
views. Another is earning trust through honesty,
compassion and clarity. Especially if you work
in a large, hierarchical organization, you
should read, re-read, and always have at hand
this great book."
***Gerard Fairtlough: Founder /CEO of
biotechnology company Celltech and author of The
Three Ways of Getting things Done: Hierarchy,
Heterarchy and Responsible Autonomy in
Organizations and co-author The Power of the
Tale: Storytelling in Organizations
"Karen Otazo has created a roadmap to successful
career management. This book provides invaluable
advice for every stage of business life laying
out clear, concise, and practical solutions for
the working professional. Read either in part or
in its entirety, an essential tool for business
success!" ***Valerie Foundoukis, Vice
President, Global Organizational Development
Head of Strategic Coaching Practice Credit
Suisse, New York
"A real gem -- As a Managing Director in a large
global company, I have seen first-hand Karen
Otazo's practical advice and insight really
making a difference. Each self-contained chapter
contains helpful tips that will give the reader
the opportunity to take control of their career
and to focus on the key issues that face today's
workforce."
***David Buckley, London, UK
"This is an amazing book! The intensity and
sincerity come through because the words and
experience Dr. Otazo imparts are true to the
core. I did not want the book to end. It
delivers sage advice that makes me think about
what I will do tomorrow and priceless
perspective on what I did just yesterday!"
***Douglas Hofmeister , Partner, Accenture, LLP.
"I only wish I had had Karen Otazo's advice when
I started in corporate life. Even now, as an
independent, I will be drawing on the tips in
her book as I work with a great variety of
people around the world."
***Barbara Heinzen author, Feeling for Stones:
Learning & Invention when Facing the Unknown
"I have long admired Karen’s work as a coach.
This is a great practical guide for coaches and
our clients alike. Thank you Karen, for sharing
your insights and experience with us."
***Ellen Kumata, Partner, Cambria Consulting,
Practice Leader, Cambria Coaching
"The Truth? I’ve worked with Dr. Otazo for many
years and she has always been a wise counsel
with an uncanny ability to get to the heart of
any issue, and her proposed solutions invariably
work. Her latest book encompasses the wisdom and
insights gained from more than twenty years of
working with and coaching executives across a
wide range of industries and cultures. A copy of
“Truth” will be highly recommended reading for
my Leadership team and will be freely available
for all employees who are committed to and want
to learn the truth about career development."
***Milton Steele, Vice President & Group
Manager, FMC Corporation
"The truth about managing your career is an
unusual, reality based, cut to-the-chase guide
to success.The book is easy to read and unafraid
to deviate from much abused "how to"
prescriptions. It is refreshing and manages to
transcend race and ethnic nuances found in
today's corporate environment. It is applicable
to most work situations and should be read
throughout one's career challenges."
***Guarione M. Diaz, President, Cuban American
National Council
"I feel that Karen wrote this book as a gift and
guidebook for me. It is the gift of her personal
wisdom written in an amazing crystal-clear
style." ***Regina Gil, Financial Times
Head of Advertising Sales Germany and Austria
"The Dr. Karen L. Otazo has
allowed the 'Divine' to enrich, bless and
empower us with detailed insights that make
a difference. Simple tenets for complex
times. Elegant prose, proficient
wit, sweet charm, tried and tested expertise
is what the global business community
needs...now. Like an ancient sage of
old, her still gentle prophetic voice is
crying loud from the
wilderness of information
clutter and
foolishness will guide us. Leaders will
sing a "new song" in a strange land."
***Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones-CEO
"Dr. Otazo's book on managing your career is
full of punchy, practical stuff that works."
***Helen Alexander, CEO, The Economist Group
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