A unique and revelatory guide to understanding and navigating the
unwritten rules of the workplace--the key to achieving success, finding
meaning, and staying true to your authentic self in today's business
world--from the organizational expert and celebrated author of The
Fix.
In her two decades researching organizations, Michelle King has
discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly unique skill:
They know how workplaces work. More specifically, to get ahead, they
do not rely on the often generic and outdated written formal rules that
for a century have defined the workplace. Instead, they have learned to
gauge how they should behave and perform by becoming aware of informal
(and unspoken) rules that exist just below the surface, rather than
"formal" organizational guidelines. In this one-of-a-kind guide, King
offers her proprietary framework based on over ten years of research and
hundreds of employees who reached leadership positions. By focusing on
five key areas -- navigating informal networks; developing
self-awareness and awareness of others; learning the skills you need to
be adaptive to changing conditions; getting support for your next
promotion; and finding meaning and fulfillment at work--King teaches
every professional how to understand and make these systems work for
them and achieve their career ambitions.
The new world of work requires a new way of working. With more people
vying for top positions, a volatile unpredictable global workplace, and
an ever-evolving landscape, it is increasingly important for employees
to understand how to negotiate the unspoken and intangible elements of
workplace culture.. In How Work Works, King dispels old myths and
provides keen observations about what it means to find belonging, build
networks, manage the informal and ultimately thrive at work.
