How to Rise to the Top...and Stay There!: A Leadership Manual

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
What a Successful Career Entails....Pages 3-4
The Two Basic Administrative Hierarchies....Pages 5-5
What It Takes to Achieve a Successful Career....Pages 7-8
The Importance of Mentors....Pages 9-10
Different Paths to Career Advancement: Business vs. Academia....Pages 11-14
The New Era and Its Impact on Careers: Whistle Blowing, Transparency, and the Cyber Age....Pages 15-17
Doing Well in a Job Interview....Pages 19-20
Negotiating After the Job Is Offered....Pages 21-23
How to Choose Between Two or More Job Opportunities....Pages 25-26
Impact of Gender....Pages 27-33
Dress, Richness of Vocabulary, Foreign Accent, Usage of Provincialism and Slang, Eloquence....Pages 35-38
Education: Where? What? How? How Much?....Pages 39-41
Be Computer Literate, Keep Up with Advances, and Without Bragging Have Your Technical Skills Noted....Pages 43-45
Physical Appearance, Grooming, and Fitness....Pages 47-48
Your Office....Pages 49-49
Behavior with Employees, Equals, Superiors, and Traveling on Business....Pages 51-52
Choosing Your Friends and Allies at Work....Pages 53-53
How to Behave at Meetings....Pages 55-56
How to Make Your New Chief an Ally in Building Your Career....Pages 57-58
A Hostile Chief that Wants You Out....Pages 59-59
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Accepting Promotions, Demotions, and Transfers....Pages 61-62
Economic Realities....Pages 63-64
Associations: Friends, Societies, Social, and Professional....Pages 65-65
Family, Marriage, and Career....Pages 67-68
The Two-Career Marriage....Pages 69-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Leadership....Pages 77-77
Interviewing to Get the Job....Pages 79-82
Negotiating for a Successful Tenure....Pages 83-84
Starting: The Different Approaches, the Entrance Speech....Pages 85-86
Relations with Senior Staff You Have Inherited....Pages 87-90
Running a Business Versus a University, School, or Department....Pages 91-98
Choosing Your Kitchen Cabinet....Pages 99-100
Choosing Your Deputies, Your Executive Assistant, and Supporting Staff....Pages 101-102
How to Use Your Office as a Theater of Operations....Pages 103-105
How to Run Meetings....Pages 107-108
Gaining Respect and Loyalty....Pages 109-113
How to Treat Close Associates....Pages 115-118
How to Treat Equals....Pages 119-121
How to Treat Subordinates....Pages 123-129
Coping with Adversity....Pages 131-132
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Recruiting....Pages 133-135
Dismissing or Laying Off Associates Smoothly....Pages 137-140
Dealing with Media....Pages 141-142
Organizing Your Schedules and Budgeting Your Time....Pages 143-145
Giving Reports, Addresses, and Lectures....Pages 147-148
Entertaining Employees, Equals, Prominent Guests Either at Home, in the Office or Institution, or in a Restaurant....Pages 149-154
Personal Transparency, Total Absence of Conflicts of Interest, Both Personal and for Your Unit....Pages 155-156
Further Advancement: The Pros and the Cons....Pages 157-159
Arranging Your Life Away from the Job....Pages 161-162
Back Matter....Pages 163-167