Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them | 
 enlarge | Author: Cynthia Shapiro
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0312337361
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.13
EAN: 9780312337360
ASIN: 0312337361
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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Product Description
Cynthia Shapiro is a former Human Resources executive who’s pulling back the curtain on the way that companies really work. In Corporate Confidential, she unmasks startling truths and what you can do about them, including:
* There's no right to free speech in the workplace.
*Age discrimination exists.
* Why being too smart is not too smart.
* Human Resources is not there to help you, but to protect the company from you.
* And forty-five more!
Cynthia Shapiro pulls no punches, giving readers an inside look at a secret world of hidden agendas they would never normally see. A world of insider information and insights that can save a career!
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 Great hints book November 8, 2008
This book open your eyes over many of the politics that circulate in the offices of organisations. The book talks about American Corporations, but I can assure you that those 'secrets' are good also in Europe and all over the world. Many of them might sounding you obvious... but are you putting them in practice? It worths reading it; great help.
What they need to teach you in college October 27, 2008
Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them
Wow, if I only knew of this book years ago. What a great eye opener. I have to say this book puts many aspects of a career into focus. It is the little things that you wish could be said but can't. I give the author 10 stars for bring to light areas that could help all employees become great employees. If you want to help move your career along and obtain control of areas you're not sure of in corporate America, give this book a read. It is a good start and everyone in business should use this as an internal review of ones owns assets and attributes in and around work.
 Will help you climb the corporate ladder, if that's what you really want July 25, 2008
In Corporate Confidential, Cynthia Shapiro teaches us how to survive the dehumanizing privations of employment in what perhaps has become one of the most pathological institutions in human history--the American Corporation. While Miss Shapiro's revelations and prescriptions may be advantageous in helping individuals climb the corporate ladder, many are antithetical to psychological well-being. Hardly a pragmatic long-term strategy. It's ironic that the cover of this book dons faceless images of corporate employees as this is probably how many corporations see their workforce.
A Must for Business Psychology! July 12, 2008
Many employees don't understand the parameters they work in or the long-term consequences they could face once they irritate those who are in-charge, even when they are right. And, why should they when there are courses that teach the expectations of performance and its consequences?
Confusing many employees and resulting in further workplace conflicts are administrator work speeches that focus on "the best workers," promises of workplace betterment, and recitals of the written policies that clearly conflict with many standard operating procedures. Oftentimes, those very policies are practiced arbitrarily by those administrators, and at the consequence of the "best" employees.
With 17-years in law enforcement and approximately four years working in Internal Affairs, my eyes have certainly been opened as to how the world of human resources works and how important internal relationships are if you wish to keep your job, and better yet, promote.
This book is a must-read for those in law enforcement who hope to survive those internal issues, as well as any employee hoping to establish a long-term career and positive reputation. It is a fantastic book for association and union representatives to read, and one that could compliment any business course. And, mentoring others with it could only make the workplace a better place to work -- especially for those whose parents who didn't tell them (maybe their parents made those very mistakes themselves and never learned to do better.).
There is a fine-lined difference between what is said and what is done. Anyone who wishes to keep their job, avoid initiating complaints and lawsuits, and wants to know what the unwritten rules of business are may find it here, and should be able to strategize their moves across their vocational landscape with success.
Thank you, Cynthia Shapiro, for being so candid and for this excellent book!
 Good Advice even for Non-manager Types June 8, 2008
I got this book because a coworker recommended it. I think the book does an excellent job of stating and explaining the obvious - which is what any good self help book should do. It's a quick read, well organized, and it has bullet points for easy reference! While the book is mainly targeting manager types, there is plenty of advice for non-manager types. If anything the book offers a perspective on what it's like to be a lead or a manager, so as an individual contributor one can sufficiently please their gatekeeper ;)
Things I found particularly valuable was the emphasis that it's not about your skills, it's about how you play the game - and this isn't represented in a negative light. The author doesn't state opinions - just facts. I've always been frustrated in my career because I'm 3x as smart as the average person, yet I have to work 3x as hard! Shapiro clearly outlines behaviors we may engage in that can harm our ability to progress in our jobs. I realized from her examples that my blunt nature is likely mis-perceived as negativity, so I've started developing better ways of communicating on various work issues that are less "threatening". This has resulted in an almost instantaneous change, both in improved attitudes of my coworkers, and I get less resistance from higher ups when implementing improvements.
The aspect of this book that is especially beneficial is how Shapiro emphasizes that mistakes are rarely final - you can usually redeem yourself. She even gives advice on how to explain the change to your boss and coworkers. While the book is a harsh dose of corporate reality (although not quite as *shocking* as the review might suggest), it doesn't leave you feeling stuck. The advice in this book ultimately enables you to take control of your professional reputation in a corporate setting such that the powers that be can truly focus on and reward you for your talents and what you contribute.
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