Summary of Cynthia Shapiro's Corporate Confidential

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Your career is in danger right now, simply because you have no way of knowing what to look for or how to find out whether you are seen as an asset or a risk. You must learn the secret methods that can be used to remove unwanted workers.
#2 The law will not protect you from retaliatory or unfounded job loss. Companies have learned to protect themselves fiercely from those they feel are out of alignment with what they value. If unfavorable judgments and opinions are allowed to progress, they can take you from someone the company has interest in to full persona non grata.
#3 The most common method of removing an employee is to manage them out. This means making the employee’s work life so difficult and unsatisfying that they leave on their own. The signs that you are being managed out are if your boss doesn’t like you or pay attention to you the way he does to others, your office is moved to an undesirable location, or you are given impossible tasks with unrealistic deadlines.
#4 Companies will often fire employees who they believe are negatively impacting the company’s success. This can be a highly effective way to get rid of employees, as many companies would rather upset employees than be faced with a lawsuit or a messy firing.

Sujets

• Business
• Economics
• Workplace Culture

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 03 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669397700
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Cynthia Shapiro's Corporate Confidential
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Your career is in danger right now, simply because you have no way of knowing what to look for or how to find out whether you are seen as an asset or a risk. You must learn the secret methods that can be used to remove unwanted workers.

#2

The law will not protect you from retaliatory or unfounded job loss. Companies have learned to protect themselves fiercely from those they feel are out of alignment with what they value. If unfavorable judgments and opinions are allowed to progress, they can take you from someone the company has interest in to full persona non grata.

#3

The most common method of removing an employee is to manage them out. This means making the employee’s work life so difficult and unsatisfying that they leave on their own. The signs that you are being managed out are if your boss doesn’t like you or pay attention to you the way he does to others, your office is moved to an undesirable location, or you are given impossible tasks with unrealistic deadlines.

#4

Companies will often fire employees who they believe are negatively impacting the company’s success. This can be a highly effective way to get rid of employees, as many companies would rather upset employees than be faced with a lawsuit or a messy firing.

#5

Companies may also manage out employees by setting up an employee with documentation that makes him look like a poor performer so he can be fired for good cause. This is especially important when the true reason for the termination has nothing to do with performance.

#6

Performance-improvement programs are often used as a protective mechanism. They are not about improving work performance, but rather about the employee’s behavior. They are usually used to gather documentation so that the company can legally fire you while providing the appearance that they’ve made an effort to help you improve.

#7

If you are afraid you might have read the signs incorrectly, you won’t hurt your career by looking for another job. You could actually preserve it. Telling your company about another job offer will let you know where you stand.

#8

The most important thing to remember when it comes to layoffs is that they are rarely about the performance or behavior of the employee being laid off. The real reason is that the company lost interest in the employee.

#9

The rules today are found in the company handbook and your boss makes sure you know them. However, companies are now afraid of being sued than of lying to or replacing an employee.

#10

Companies have layers of unspoken hidden agendas. If you allow yourself to navigate via corporate spin instead of learning what's actually going on behind the scenes, you could end up getting caught in the void between the company's public statements and its true agendas.

#11

To protect yourself and your job, you must know the hidden agendas of your company. These are typically the core agendas, but each company you work for will have its own set of guidelines and unwritten rules.

#12

If you can take on the owner’s sense of responsibility, you will immediately understand what is important to the key decision makers and what motivates and inspires them. Then you will know what to follow and focus on.

#13

Companies are not hiding their true agendas out of spite or to make your life difficult. They have been forced to do so for self-protection. Companies live in a climate of legal uncertainty, in which just one lawsuit from a disgruntled employee can bring down everything the company has worked for.

#14

The most important factor in furthering your career is gaining the trust of those at the top. This is based on the company’s perception of you, and you can learn what that perception is by looking at your company’s hidden agendas.

#15

The closer you bring yourself into alignment with the company’s interests, the more favorable the company’s opinions of you will be, and the more secure your job will be. The only thing companies have to go on are your outward actions.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

In today's workplaces, success doesn't come to those with the best skills or talents. It comes to those who know how to navigate the changing landscape of the workplace best. Those who know where the traps are and how to avoid them move up much more quickly than everyone else.

#2

HR is not your friend. They are there to help the company, not the employees. In the confusion of blurred boundaries and casual work environments, it can feel as though you’re speaking to an entity separate from the corporation.

#3