"I once worked with a manager who told me it was all about him. Back in the day, I was so green. I thought he was joking. When I realized his behavior mirrored his words, I was devastated. I couldn't read the tea leaves. He eliminated me from important meetings where key information was shared and my ideas were implemented without them being credited to me. That experience taught me when making business off ers, present them where it's a win/win for the company, your boss and for you. If your manager sees what's in it for him, you increase your chance to move your ideas forward." from the book.
The Unscrubbed Truth of What It Takes
To Break Through the Glass Ceiling
In Choose to Stay or Choose to Go, executive leadership coach expert (Georgetown University, Newfi eld Network and International Coaching Federation) Sherri Davis-Garner reveals the unspoken and unwri en rules which companies use to determine who gets promoted and whose career never moves. Author Sherri Davis-Garner uncovers and decodes what managers don't reveal in performance management feedback and what you're never taught in college. Drawing on years of experience and coaching clients, Davis-Garner reveals the criteria decision makers use to decide who climbs the ladder. Her Smart Solutions Strategies are presented brilliantly and succinctly.
Choose to Stay or Choose to Go Underscores:
The significance of being 'liked' by your colleague and manager.
How your conversation and dress defi nes you.
The importance of observing how people who made it to the top, got there.
The importance of developing an executive leadership brand and protecting it like a trademark."