Think Like An Entrepreneur Act Like A Ceo

50 Indispensable Tips to Help You Get Ahead At Work Education plus experience once guaranteed a successful career, but no more! Today, success depends on your ability to adapt. You must be agile, willing to adjust your professional expectations and able to respond quickly to opportunities and threats. In Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO you will learn practical ways to handle vexing workplace challenges. Each chapter uses true stories to illustrate the answers to common questions, including: • How to leave your old job smoothly and start your new one with confidence and flair • How to accept praise gracefully for your work • How to recover from stress, setbacks or the upheaval of a major project • How to stay steady in the midst of endless change It’s not enough to know how to manage common work-life challenges – you must also deal with the uncommon ones. Think like an Entrepreneur, Act like a CEO gives you proven, easy techniques for handling even the biggest career surprises, one step at a time. Beverly Jones has led university programs for women before embarking on a career as a Washington lawyer and Fortune 500 executive. Since 2002, Jones has been a respected executive coach and leadership consultant, helping professionals of all ages to advance their careers, shift directions and become more productive. Foreword By Kerry Hannon

Includes bibliographic references (pages 215-219) and index.

Education plus experience once guaranteed a successful career, but no more! Today, success depends on your ability to adapt. You must be agile, willing to adjust your professional expectations, and able to respond quickly to opportunities and threats.“br> In Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO you will learn practical ways to handle vexing workplace challenges. Each chapter uses true stories to illustrate the answers to common questions, including: How to leave your old job smoothly and start your new one with confidence and flair. How to gracefully accept praise for your work. How to recover from stress, setbacks, or the upheaval of a major project. How to stay steady in the midst of endless change. It’s not enough to know how to manage common work-life challenges; you must also deal with the uncommon ones. Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO gives you proven, easy, go-to techniques for handling even the biggest career surprises, one step at a time.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with hundreds of the nation's top executives, D. A. Benton explains the 22 vital traits that make a CEO - the leader responsible for making decisions, guiding teams, selling ideas, managing crises, and conquering the mountains before them. You'll penetrate the mystery of why some people make it to the top and some don't, when they're all equally good at their jobs. You'll learn how to avoid getting fired and how to get promoted more quickly, how to enjoy the quality of life you want and deserve, and - if you decide you want to be the Big Boss - how to have the right character traits to get there. These are some of the traits that make a CEO. Are you ready to make them yours? You're gutsy and a little wild - yet modest and in control. You're competitive and tenacious - yet flexible and generous. You're willing to admit mistakes - yet unapologetic. You're secure in yourself - yet constantly improving. You're original and straightforward - yet think before you talk. Make your ascent not only gratifying, but also exhilarating and fun. This is how chiefs run the show - and how you can act like a chief to become a chief, even sooner than you dreamed.

If you hate your job and want change, the starting point is with you! Get unstuck, move past boredom, and discover how to flourish at work. This book is for anyone stuck in a rut, burned out, or just plain tired. Has your career plateaued? Do you sometimes dread starting work? Are you bogged down by frustration, tedium, loneliness, or uncertainty? There’s hope. Find Your Happy at Work, the latest book by acclaimed executive coach Beverly Jones, gives you a road map to quickly create more joy and meaning in your work, even if you don’t love your job. Yes, aspects of your career are beyond your control. But Jones says you have more power than you realize. Throughout 50 fast-paced chapters, Find Your Happy at Work offers practical strategies to help you feel more enthusiastic and gratified on the job, whether from in the office or from home. These include: A simple model for creating career engagement that will improve your performance at work and help you develop deeper relationships with others. Techniques for addressing workplace challenges like difficult colleagues, boring tasks, daunting projects, and gloomy environments. Strategies for strengthening your network, building expertise, and laying other groundwork for a resilient career. This book will provide encouragement, inspiration, and useful advice for those who want to be happy in their work, and throughout their lives.

This book starts with the foundations of business success: the development of a business philosophy that works for you, and the strategic application of that philosophy in all areas of your endeavor.

Education plus experience once guaranteed a successful career, but no more! Today, success depends on your ability to adapt. You must be agile, willing to adjust your professional expectations, and able to respond quickly to opportunities and threats.