Winning the Rat Race at Work

by Peter R. Garber

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Acknowledgments

Welcome to the Rat Race

The Race Begins
Case Study
Perspectives
Roles
Roles Out of Balance
Role Self-Assessment
Chapter Summary

The Rat Race Maze

Solving Your Career Maze
Career Maze Factors
How Well are You Getting Through your Career Maze?
Applying the Maze Results to Your Career
Chapter Summary

The Rat Race is On

Stages of a Career
Getting Off to a Good Start
Career Roads
The Roads We Choose
Conflicting Maps
Beginning Your Career Journey
Destinations
Directions
Tolls
Sign Posts
Conditions
Mapping Your Career Roads
When Bad Things Happen to Good Careers
Chapter Summary

Pack Politics

The Rat Race Is Full of Politics
The Black Magic of Rat Race Politics
Organizational Politics Detector
Organizational Politics Formula
Defining Organizational Politics
Political Games
The Biggie Rat
Chapter Summary

Rat Race Planning

Think Career Strategy
Instructions for Creating Your Career Plan
Creating Your Own Career Plan
Using your Career Plan
Diversity of Assignments
Not in the Plan
Thinking About Your Career Differently
Chapter Summary

Personalities at Work

Identifying Your Natural Working Personality Style
Chapter Summary

The Rat Pack Revisited

A Place for Every Rat
Rat Space
Networking
Network Webs
Working Your Web
Connecting the Dots
Building Rat Pack Relationships
Breaking the Mold
Friend or Foe
You Have Met the Enemy
Rats of Distinction
Chapter Summary

The Finish Line

Defining Success
Work/Life Balance
Legacy
Has your career been worth the price?
Rat Race Lessons Learned
Imagine Your Career as a Movie
The Rat Race at Work Never Really Ends

About the Author