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Edward Ludwig, Chairman, CEO, and President, Becton, Dickinson and Company
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Each day in business, a corporate version of "survival of the fittest" is played out. Power plays, turf battles, deceptions, and sabotages block individuals' career progress and threaten companies' resources and results. In "Survival of the Savvy, " Rick Brandon and Marty Seldman provide ethical but street-smart strategies for navigating corporate politics to gain "impact with integrity," helping readers to:
In addition, "Survival of the Savvy" helps individuals discover and overcome their own political blind spots and vulnerabilities. They learn step-by-step methods to avoid being underestimated or denied full recognition for their achievements. It shows them how to put forward their ideas and advance their careers in an ethical manner, with a high level of political awareness and skill.
After reading this book, you will never have to say, "I didn't see it coming." Organizational savvy is a mission-critical competency for the complete leader. This timely and timeless book provides cutting-edge strategies and skills for surviving and thriving as you build individual and company success.
A corporate survival-of-the-fittest situation does exist, especially in tough economic, competitive, and cost-conscious times. Read the first page
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When reflecting on his career, President Harry S Truman proudly described himself as a politician, reputedly claiming that politics "is the art of the possible." It should be added that throughout Truman's public service, his personal integrity was impeccable. Brandon and Seldman make two obvious but important points: Like it or not, politics are inevitable when two or more -- and especially when three or more -- people are involved, and, it is nonetheless possible to be (as was Truman) an effective politician without compromising one's integrity. In fact, as Jim O'Toole asserts in The Executive's Compass: Business and the Good Society as does David Maister in Practice What You Preach: What Managers Must Do to Create a High Achievement Culture, those whose lives are guided and informed by admirable values (e.g. honesty, loyalty, decency, trustworthiness) will achieve much greater success than will those whose lives aren't. Therefore, the "savvy" executive is one who combines high principles with street smarts. No news there.
What gives substantial value to this book is Brandon and Seldman's clever use of various devices with which their reader can conduct a self-audit. Long ago, after a substantial increase of tuition at Harvard, hostile parents confronted then president Derek Bok. His response: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." I thought of that comment as I examined the various self-diagnostic elements in this book. Two of the most damaging forms of ignorance are (a) not knowing what you need to know and (b) assuming what you think you know...but don't. To their credit, Brandon and Seldman make a rigorous effort to help their reader to reduce (if not eliminate) both forms of ignorance. Politicking, gossip, self-serving motives, back-stabbing, betrayals of confidence, etc. are harsh realities in almost any organization. Brandon and Seldman can help principled people to cope effectively with those realities. To me, that is this book's greatest benefit. Also, I strongly recommend that readers complete the comprehensive, self-scoring assessment tool and interpretative guide which Brandon and Seldman offer. How to obtain one? The authors explain on page 277.
As indicated earlier, I think the quality of thinking and (especially) the quality of writing in this book are too often a distraction from the quite important convictions and counsel which the authors share. Over-heated diction and under-developed ideas in combination with clichés prevent me from giving this book a higher rating.
"Hi Amazon
I'm writing to return the Kindle edition of "Survival of the Savvy".
The formatting of this kindle book is a disaster. Large sections of text run down the right half of the page, with no line or paragraph breaks. Headings are just left embedded in the text, running on from the preceding paragraph without a space, let alone a line break.
It's not literally unreadable, but you can't glance at a page and orientate yourself by the headings, as they're buried in the text.
And one chart is missing that is referred to in the text.
I strongly suggest you try to arrange for whoever converted it to Kindle to re-format it."
It is without any doubt a good book. It starts a bit theoretical in the beginning.
On the other hand without this theoretical part it would be difficult to keep the structure of the
many, many examples that are given.
All in all, a bit of an eye opener to look inside your organisation with a more critical (i.e. detailed) approach.
Understand who is who and approach people a situations in an ethical but sharp way.
Loads of information and tips are based on just being well educated and a bit logical (i.e. eat with you mouth close).
Having said that it's not bag to shed some light on it and rethink it, not all are so basic.
The tips in how to handle situations and how to responde in a structural way depending on the person(s) in from of you are gold.
Same applies to tips in how to handle criticism, like "ask for specifics", very good indeed.
I would without any hesitation advice this book as it was advised to me as well.
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