A straight-shooting Silicon Valley executive reveals insider career strategies to becoming a great leader, developing your network, succeeding without wasting time, and managing trade-offs between your work and life so your life works.
Patty Azzarello became the youngest general manager at Hewlett-Packard at age thirty-three, ran a $1 billion software business at thirty-five, and became a CEO at thirty-eight-all without turning into a self-centered, miserable jerk. In Rise, Azzarello shares the insider secrets to advancing your career (while having a life) in three practical steps:
Do Better: Set ruthless priorities, and work and lead more strategically to deal with frustrating obstacles.
Look Better: Build your credibility with the people who can help (or blacklist) you.
Connect Better: Develop your network without being political. Get on "the List" of people who get the best opportunities.
Whether you are just starting up the corporate ladder, stuck midcareer, transitioning, or eyeing the corner office, Rise shows you the difference between getting ahead and just working hard.
Rise : 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life
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Table of Contents
RISE
3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life
by Patty Azzarello
Foreword by Keith Ferrazzi
INTRODUCTION-Working versus Succeeding
PART 1
DO BETTER-HAVE MORE IMPACT
WORK THE RIGHT WAY
1. Be Less Busy
2. Ruthless Priorities
3. Make More Time
4. The Agony and the Paycheck
5. They Shoot Workhorses, Don't They?
WORK AT THE RIGHT LEVEL
6. The Level Dilemma
7. Delegate or Die
8. Better with Less
9. Trust and Consequences
PART 2
LOOK BETTER-BE VISIBLE, BUT NOT ANNOYING
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
10. Credibility and Relevance
11. Your Personal Brand
12. Look Better!
STANDING OUT
13. Be Visible, But Not Annoying
14. Selling Your Ideas
PART 3
CONNECT BETTER-GET SUPPORT
BUILDING CONNECTIONS
15. Get Help
16. Authentic Networking, Not Politics
17. Imagine That!
LANDING THE BIG JOB
18. The Experience Paradox
19. Going Big
20. Getting on "the List"
PART 4
GO!-MAKE YOUR WORK, AND YOUR LIFE, WORK
21. Work and Life: Be Better at Both
22. Executive Confessions
Epilogue
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Author Description
Review quote
"Leave it to Patty Azzarello to turn the secrets of genuine and effective leadership into a practical action plan. Who needs a mentor when you can read this book?"
-Debra Chrapaty, CIO, Zynga
"I often get midlevel managers asking me how they can crack into the next level, and I have had many managers who don't ask and get stuck. Rise is the definitive guidebook to create a breakout moment in almost any career."
-Rob Meinhardt, GM, Dell
"Did you ever wish someone would just write down what you have to do to get promoted? Rise lays it out for you. It's easy to read, easy to implement, and tested in the real world. Read this book, or else work for someone who did."
-Jim Davis, CEO, Verified Person, Inc.