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by Robert Kelley (Author) "Whenever people hear about my star performer work-whether sitting next to me on an airplane or at a professional conference-they invariably want the thirty-second sound-bite..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Times Books (1 Aug 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812931696
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812931693
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.2 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 192,751 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mentoring for Those Without Effective Mentors, 12 May 2004
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How to Be a Star at Work is excellent for attacking misconceptions that retard almost all careers. Everyone I know who had a fast rising career used the principles in this book: But they usually had to figure out some of the principles for themselves.

As a young person, many lack the experience and judgment to derive these principles. For example, many will see conforming to the views of co-workers (many of whose careers are going nowhere) as the way to get ahead. Not true!

As your first step toward becoming a star at work, read this book and apply its principles. If you want to go further and be a Superstar at work, read on for more instructions you will need.

Careers are also plagued by other flawed thinking habits not explored in this book including poor communications (assuming the message is received and understood without checking), disbelief in promising new ideas and technologies (check these new perspectives out carefully before you dismiss them), tradition (habits that have outlived their usefulness), bureaucracy (having people involved unnecessarily), harmful procrastination (delaying when the situation is deteriorating), and avoiding ugliness (everyone else avoids it also, so the best opportunities are often in the most unattractive aspects of your operations).

To be most successful, you need to be able to create better solutions.

The way to do this is to (1) learn the value of measurements (nothing improves that is not measured) (2) measure everything you can about important processes in your key activities (each measurement will teach you something you need to know) (3) identify the best practices anyone has ever done in these areas (especially by looking outside your industry), and anticipate where these best practices will be in 5 years (4) assemble best practices together in new ways that no one has ever done before to exceed the future best practice (5) identify the ideal best practice (the best people will ever be able to do -- for communications this will be having everyone get the message in one second, like shouting "fire" in a crowded theater where smoke and flames are evident) (6) find ways to approach the ideal best practice by applying the analogy of where humans do it almost perfectly now to your situation (7) assemble the right people, resources and incentives to get the job done and (8) repeat the process (you will get better at it and find better ideas, each you time you do this again).

Further, a lot of people are oblivious to the powerful trends around them. The most effective people will find ways to turn these trends to their advantage, regardless of how the trend shifts.

If you teach someone else these ideas, you will learn them even better, and proven yourself as a leader.

Now you have everything you need to be a superstar at work, except for the proper goals. Write them down! Review them frequently! You will outperform 97 percent of everyone else with just this focus . . . before you apply this book.

Don't forget to be a superstar in your personal life, where it's tougher . . . but more meaningful . . . to do!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant ideas for the self-emplyed., 2 Jun 1998
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As a self-employed tax representative, I find Kelley's "How to Be a Star at Work" a refreshing resource for my own business plan. On page 10 Kelley wrote, "It wasn't what these stars had in their head that made them standouts from the pack, it was how they used what they had." This was enough to convince me that if his recommendations were good for employees they should certainly help me. Even though some of his points are obvious for self motivated people, I found myself becoming better organized in developing by business plan.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Buy this ONLY if you don't already know most of the basics, 1 Nov 1998
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Some good points, not too many surprises; most of this has been written before by the "impress the suits" mob. Lots of annecdotal stories (as usual to most "how to" books) setting the stage for why the 9 points (sold to AT&T for big bucks I'll bet) are so important to follow.

If you're already self-motivated and just suffer the top level management getting in your way, then DON'T buy this. If not, maybe so anyway if you're looking for some new ideas. If not, don't expect this to suddenly get you a big raise/promotion unless you ALREADY know the basics of what makes an office environment tick!

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5.0 out of 5 stars revolutionary !!
The book very clearly elucidates the factors that are necessary for one to increase productivity and co-worker interaction.
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