‘Success in the Corporate Word’

[Continued from “Market Yourself Like a Winner - Part 3.”]
Mistake No. 52: Giving Ideas Away
Dr. Frankel, in her Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office (2004), writes, “Your ideas have value in the marketplace called work. Each time you make a suggestion that’s actually implemented, you’ve made a sale. Make enough of […]

[Continued from “Market Yourself Like a Winner - Part 2.”]
Mistake No. 49: Turning Down High-Profile Assignments
Dr. Frankel writes, in her book Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office (2004): “The director of operations at a small East Coast branch of a manufacturing firm headquartered in Los Angeles was asked to sit on the […]

[Continued from “Market Yourself Like a Winner - Part 1.”]
Mistake No. 46: Belittling Your Self, Work, or Position
Ask most woman or sensitive men what they do for a living and they will say something like: “I’m only an administrative assistant.” “Oh, I just manage a law office.” “I kind of run […]

[Continued from “Success in the Corporate Word: Think Like a Winner - Part 5.”]
Like the well-known brand names Kleenex, Coke, and Xerox, that all stand for consistent quality, you need to brand and market yourself and your work as a quality product.
Dr. Lois Frankel, in her book Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office […]

[Continued from “Success in the Corporate Word: Think Like a Winner - Part 4.”]
Mistake No. 42: Refusing Perks
Dr. Lois Frankel explains, in her book Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office (2004) the problem with refusing company perks: “Toni was promoted to a senior management position in her firm. The company, […]

[Continued from “Success in the Corporate Word: Think Like a Winner - Part 3.”]
Mistake No. 39: Letting People Waste Your Time
Your time is more valuable than money. Once it’s gone, you can never get it back.
You could always make more money if you had more time. So, don’t let […]

[Continued from “Success in the Corporate Word: Think Like a Winner - Part 2.”]
Mistake No. 36: Ignoring the Quid Pro Quo
Every relationship exists to exchange something for something, called quid pro quo. Usually the exact terms are unspoken. But we all know if someone does us a favor, they can ask […]

[Continued from “Success in the Corporate Word: Think Like a Winner - Part 1.”]
Mistake No. 33: Obediently Following Instructions
Some employees, when given an assignment, get an idea of how to do it, establish tunnel vision, and blind themselves to potentially better ways of doing it.
Take the time at the outset to brainstorm different […]

[Continued from “Success in the Corporate Word: Act Like a Winner - Part 7.”]
You can change any self-defeating work behaviors more quickly if you also change your underlying beliefs about work that caused you to behave that way in the first place.
These are the wrong beliefs that most women and some men […]

[Continued from “Success in the Corporate Word: Act Like a Winner - Part 6.”]
Mistake No. 29: Not Having Financial Security
Not having enough money saved or invested results in loss of freedom in your career and overall power. How?
Dr. Frankel explains in her book Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office […]