- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd (16 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0285636782
- ISBN-13: 978-0285636781
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 430,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'The Sunday Times', October 12th 2003
A book dedicated to the not always popular themes of greed... and good old-fashioned fat-cattery.
'Daily Telegraph'
Offering a short cut, outlining the entry route to the magic circle with a tongue in cheek, slimline guide.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Tips for the Top,
By Mr. John A B Kind (Winchester, Hampshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Get Seriously Rich While Failing in Business: A Fat Cat's Guide to Management (Hardcover)
If you're serious about your career, especially in business,this is a 'must' read as 2003 draws to a close and your objectives for 2004 come into focus. In 96 pages,it's 'cover to cover' in well under the hour (Boxing Day?) and a very amusing and useful reminder of what to do (and not do) to ease into the boardroom. And once you're there to stay there and prosper. It's all tongue in the cheek, of course, but the book is no less valuable for that. As a former Chief Executive of Ashridge Business School and a non-executive director of numerous organisations, Philip Sadler has seen all the manoeuvres he mentions at first hand. 'Dress well'.Don't work in the provinces'. 'Network and chat-up the right people'. In a phrase, be strategically selfish. Once you're the CEO, use consultants judiciously - tell them what you want to hear, pay lip service (and more) to shareholder value, don't forget to downsize. Have a discreet but juicy personal life. A well timed divorce and a new partnership can add career momentum just when it's needed. Don't forget, too, that a big acquisition will help to secure your reputation and pay packet. If, on the way up, you've made a few enemies, picked up a mistress or two then that's all part of the journey to arrive at the destination you want. Finally, don't forget to leave before the rot sets in. That will give you the time to become a NED (non-executive director), to develop celebrity status, to spend your 'top hat' pension and, above all, to enjoy yourself. That's the satirical bit. But as Sadler stresses, 'realising one's ambitions takes planning, tactics and hard work. You need to flow chart your strategy'. So buy this book and sharpen your wits. You never know you might get seriously rich while succeeding (not failing) in business.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Fat Cats and the Rest,
By Mr R E Thomas (Gerrards Cross, Bucks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Get Seriously Rich While Failing in Business: A Fat Cat's Guide to Management (Hardcover)
"How to get seriously rich......" is written with a deft and light touch, so that it is near believable as a guide to action. The tongue in cheek attitude adopted throughout by Philip Sadler is well disguised so that the entire book takes on a real world meanihg. In this it differs from its predecessor "Bluff your way in Management", published nearly twenty five years ago.It is also bang up to date in its subject matter, and deals boldly with many topics which were not openly discussed a quarter of a century ago. Social Responsibility thinking since then has spawned an entire new industry, including of course, a host of consultants. Changes in the larger society allow Philip Sadler to handle the question of Gays, Second Spouses and Mistresses(and the equivalent for females) with aplomb. I tested the value of the ideas in the book on my own career as a test of its validity. The fatal flaw in my own career occurred early on and could easily have been avoided had I been aware of the ideas in this book. I failed by not "Charting the path to my goal - becoming seriously rich". I failed on several of Philip Sadler's other factors, but none was as potent as this planning failure; on the other hand the smaller failures would have been more embarrassing to talk about openly! A good and funny read which will make a great 'stocking-filler', whether for a prospective FTSE 100 Chairman or most of us.
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