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Summary: Great Book for Grads!
Review: This book is a perfect gift for recent high school or college grads who are just entering into the workforce. Karen's personal experiences (failures and successes) serve as great examples for someone just starting out. I bought the book to address some problems that I've been having at work: I'm very bad at schmoozing. But after being in the workforce for 25 years, I've already made most of the mistakes that Karen made and learned the same lessons discussed in this book. I wish I had read it 20 years ago!I cannot stress enough the importance of her chapter "Don't show loyalty only to yourself." While I was reading this book, I observed a full-blown case of self-serving, disloyal behavior that has caused recriminations and bad feelings throughout our department. My supervisor has been mentoring an Admin Assistant. She's been meeting with this person for personal coaching sessions, reading and critiquing this man's college papers, and writing letters of reference for scholarships and internships. After all her time and effort, this mentee (sp?) just announced that he's leaving to work for my supervisor's chief rival at another organization. Funny thing is, all the support staff saw through this guy and had him pegged as a user. My supervisor - in her zeal to prove what a progressive, positive, proactive person she is - was totally blindsided. Now, the remaining employees who have always been loyal to this woman (and, I must add, tried to warn her about this guy) are paying the price of her wrath for this one person's dishonesty and disloyalty. A lesson for managers as well as employees!
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