It's Your Job Take Charge of It Author:Chuck Harwood Wisdom for the Workplace — It's not your supervisor's or manager's job to persuade you that you are capable and deserve more money or a promotion or both. You and you alone are responsible for your success. Plenty of people will have suggestions for you, but it ultimately comes down to you. On-the-job success is in the end measured by how ... more »competitively you perform all parts of your job requirements and meet all of your objectives.
It's Your Job: Take Charge of It is a totally new way to become and stay successful. It is a concise, complete guide to on-the-job success for any person, in any job, at any level, in any organization.
"Chuck has captured the essence of success in this easy-to-read book," says Gordon Moore, Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation. And, he's done it by dividing all work, done by anyone into five parts: KNOWING, DECIDING, ASSIGNING, INFLUENCING, and COPING. In order to be truly successful at your job, you will need to master each one of the five parts of your job.
The book makes this easier than it seems at the outset, because you'll learn from others. Enjoy 16 stories and examples--from Abraham Lincoln, Norman Rockwell and Rosa Parks to ranchers, engineers, a camp director and people from all walks of life. Yet, as disparate as these individuals might seem, they have in common a demonstrated level of performance in one or more parts of their work that contain valuable lessons for everyone. Their stories show you how to achieve the success you desire.
The book also provides fundamentals for each part of your job--41 in all. These are the "what-to-do's" and the "how-to's". You'll refer to them often.
Armed with the information about what other successful people have done and a list of fundamental tasks that you need to do, you can then take the suggested steps to success in each part of your job. And in the end, you will have discovered the true depth and breadth of your job.
It's Your Job: Take Charge of It offers a totally new way to think about your job. It will also help you understand that success isn't necessarily relegated to those who have more or do more. This book will inspire you to take the steps necessary to satisfy your job requirements--thus doing the best you can all day, every day. Then, not only will you gain success but you'll hold on to it as well.« less