Office Politics: The Woman's Guide to Beat the System and Gain Financial Success

Whether you are a man or a woman, if you're in the corporate world or work in an office, this is an essential book to own. It will revolutionize your earning potential. It covers all aspects of the work experience from interviewing to getting a raise to leaving successfully. His advice about how often you should switch jobs is wroth the price of the book, easily.R. Don Steele's blunt language is a rare find in today's world, and his straightforwardness helps convey his messages. If you read this book carefully, you'll realize he truly cares about telling you everything he knows about the subject. He is clearly passionate about educating his readers, and his language and thoroughness show that.I truly wish I had read this book before I had graduated college. I'm lucky I found it during my second job.

I picked up this book during my lunch hour. I'm one of three women working at a male-dominated software company. That morning, the company owner shredded an article I had written to pieces and then wouldn't follow up on my requests for more information. I was looking something, anything that would give me some information on how to deal with these guys.This book is it. I also have Winning Strategies for Women but this book is a million times easier to read and is based on reality not pithy sayings about athletes. I read through in one sitting and it totally changed my attitude and approach to my job.Everyone working in a company with more than two people should read this book.

Do you live in a cubical world? Do you feel everyone else is in the know? Do you not know how to play office politics? If yes to one or more, Office Politics is a must read. I was being set up to be downsized, if I had read Office Politics I would have been ready or might not have been so easily set up. I was the hardest working but did not know the game, did not know the rules. In the weeks following this reading I've improved my resume skills, my interview skills and my on the job survival skills. I will read it again this year. You need to, too.

I'm a successful middle-aged executive who learned a lot of Office Politics the hard way. However, even I learned a lot of new things in reading it. This book is a must for women who want to succeed in the corporate world and it will definitely help men, too. Steele tells it like it is and will win no awards for political correctness. I wish I'd had this book when I was 25.

The author pulls no punches as he explains why most workers are miserable, most bosses are incompetent, and most corporations will ALWAYS be run by men, despite all the you've-come-a-long-way-baby cheerleading by the liberal media. If you're a smart, ambitious woman (or man) who has the guts to accept the unvarnished truth about the workplace, THIS BOOK CAN HELP YOU BECOME FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT.