You're ambitious and want to progress in your career. Learn career tips and strategies that will enable you to climb to the top of your career ladder. In today's job market, you've encountered a huge, fundamental shift in the corporate world: many companies are no longer routinely grooming employees for senior-level executive positions. Career development is now up to the individual. You must chart your own roadmap for career development in order to be resilient when the job market fluctuates wildly. You have to define your own success and career strategy, and invest time in creating an effective action plan if you're going to become a VP or CEO. What are the career paths and must-have leadership skills you need to ascend to the ultimate position in your field? Getting to the Top was especially written for employees to take responsibility for their own career success by Silicon Valley executive recruiter Kathryn Ullrich. From thousands of interviews she conducted as an executive recruiter and leader of Getting to the Top® career programs at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business, Ullrich has learned and analyzed career path categories for marketing, sales, product and brand management, corporate communications, strategic alliances, business development, and CEOs. In this book, Ullrich shares success stories of executives from companies such as Adobe, Cisco, eBay, and Yahoo!; findings of her groundbreaking career path research; essential skills for career advancement in a career pyramid of skills at the top; and a customizable Career Action Plan that guides readers to career success. You will reach the career success you desire by putting into action the guidelines you'll learn in Getting to the Top!
Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Review
A book for anyone who wants career success! ----------Marshall Goldsmith, author of MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Getting to the Top is a real-world mix of executive recruiting, career development, and career coaching advice that teaches you how to take control of your own career advancement. ----------Annmarie Neal, PsyD, Chief Talent Officer and VP, Cisco Center of Collaborative Leadership
This author really knows her stuff! This is one of the most unique and complete career guides that I ve ever come across. You won t find everyday tips here. The author not only chronicles her own experience and lessons learned, but provides the rich experience and stories of many (very significant) others. ------ --Beverly Kaye, CEO, Career Systems International and author of Love Em or Lose Em
Award-Winning Finalist in the Business: Careers category of the Best Books 2010 Awards --Sponsored by USA Book News
This author really knows her stuff! This is one of the most unique and complete career guides that I ve ever come across. You won t find everyday tips here. The author not only chronicles her own experience and lessons learned, but provides the rich experience and stories of many (very significant) others. --------Beverly Kaye, CEO, Career Systems International and author of Love Em or Lose Em
Getting to the Top is a real-world mix of executive recruiting, career development, and career coaching advice that teaches you how to take control of your own career advancement. ----------Annmarie Neal, PsyD, Chief Talent Officer and VP, Cisco Center of Collaborative Leadership
This author really knows her stuff! This is one of the most unique and complete career guides that I ve ever come across. You won t find everyday tips here. The author not only chronicles her own experience and lessons learned, but provides the rich experience and stories of many (very significant) others. ------ --Beverly Kaye, CEO, Career Systems International and author of Love Em or Lose Em
Award-Winning Finalist in the Business: Careers category of the Best Books 2010 Awards --Sponsored by USA Book News
This author really knows her stuff! This is one of the most unique and complete career guides that I ve ever come across. You won t find everyday tips here. The author not only chronicles her own experience and lessons learned, but provides the rich experience and stories of many (very significant) others. --------Beverly Kaye, CEO, Career Systems International and author of Love Em or Lose Em
About the Author
Kathryn Ullrich leads Alumni Career Services for UCLA Anderson and is the founder of Silicon Valley-based executive recruiting firm Kathryn Ullrich Associates. Ullrich brings corporate world management experience from Siebel, Accenture, GTE, and Motorola. She founded a non-profit with the mission to develop women in technology.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Getting to the Top is a rich resource for anyone aspiring to become a C level executive of any mid-size to large company.
The written by and based on the experience of Kathryn Ullrich. She brings a world of hands on, real life experience to this book. In her current position as an executive recruiter in Silicon Valley and as moderator of the Getting to the Top career development programs at Stanford and UCLA, she has first hand experience on what it takes to get to the top.
The book is divided into four sections. Section one deals with career strategy and success defined. Section two explores the various career paths available for getting to the top. Section three discusses CEOs at the top. Section four goes into detail about the skills needed at the top and section five outlines a career plan for getting to the top.
Who will benefit from this book? In my opinion, the earlier you are in your career, the more benefit you will derive from this book. If you are looking at retiring in the next few years, you probably will not have enough time left on the job to benefit from the wisdom and advice in this book.
If you are working in very small companies or government agencies, this book will not be extremely useful to you.
So who does that leave? In my opinion, the real target audience for this book is the young manager working for mid-size to large companies who is charting a course that will take her/him to the top.
I found section four to be the most interesting and valuable. Here Ullrich goes into great detail about the skills necessary to be successful. These skills are: Strategic vision, customer perspective, communications, team leadership and distinguishing skills.
There is some really good advice in section four. If you are looking to rise to the C level, you must be proficient in those skills. You will not arrive at the top by accident. This is a great blueprint and career guide for getting to the top. Read it, study it, implement it and you will be two steps ahead of your peers.
The written by and based on the experience of Kathryn Ullrich. She brings a world of hands on, real life experience to this book. In her current position as an executive recruiter in Silicon Valley and as moderator of the Getting to the Top career development programs at Stanford and UCLA, she has first hand experience on what it takes to get to the top.
The book is divided into four sections. Section one deals with career strategy and success defined. Section two explores the various career paths available for getting to the top. Section three discusses CEOs at the top. Section four goes into detail about the skills needed at the top and section five outlines a career plan for getting to the top.
Who will benefit from this book? In my opinion, the earlier you are in your career, the more benefit you will derive from this book. If you are looking at retiring in the next few years, you probably will not have enough time left on the job to benefit from the wisdom and advice in this book.
If you are working in very small companies or government agencies, this book will not be extremely useful to you.
So who does that leave? In my opinion, the real target audience for this book is the young manager working for mid-size to large companies who is charting a course that will take her/him to the top.
I found section four to be the most interesting and valuable. Here Ullrich goes into great detail about the skills necessary to be successful. These skills are: Strategic vision, customer perspective, communications, team leadership and distinguishing skills.
There is some really good advice in section four. If you are looking to rise to the C level, you must be proficient in those skills. You will not arrive at the top by accident. This is a great blueprint and career guide for getting to the top. Read it, study it, implement it and you will be two steps ahead of your peers.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As an exec coach developing the leadership of both corporate execs and new MBAs, I've scanned (and even read!) many guides to career development. I've found very few of quality I can actually recommend to clients. This is one, and an especially thorough one. What's distinctive about this book is it combines the author's extensive experience with both exec and MBA populations - and the striving masses in between. The is a sober, realistic, practical guide, without being a slog to read. The book includes many quotes and career trajectories from career climbers and success stories. Perfect gift for MBAs, ambitious new hires, and anyone wanting to understand how to move up.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Getting to the Top profiles pathways to senior leadership mostly in the sales, marketing and communications fields. The author walks through various job categories and then profiles a selection of executives in each functional area, allowing you to chart common pathways.
I work in public relations, and I found the advice in the corporate communications section to be fair, but thin. The executives profiled are reasonably successful people. I live in the Midwest, but the book focused exclusively on Silicon Valley types, so lots of tech companies. I would probably classify them as being among the top 25 percent of professionals in the field, but not the very cream of the crop.
The book offers some advice early on that the advent of LinkedIn lets you peek at resumes online of people in your desired career path. You could do that alone and derive more value than is found in the book. However if you are looking to completely shift gears in your career, say from engineering to marketing, this book might be a good starting point. If you are simply looking to climb the ladder in your current field, you may be better served finding some role models and perusing the work experience of leaders in your field via LinkedIn.
I work in public relations, and I found the advice in the corporate communications section to be fair, but thin. The executives profiled are reasonably successful people. I live in the Midwest, but the book focused exclusively on Silicon Valley types, so lots of tech companies. I would probably classify them as being among the top 25 percent of professionals in the field, but not the very cream of the crop.
The book offers some advice early on that the advent of LinkedIn lets you peek at resumes online of people in your desired career path. You could do that alone and derive more value than is found in the book. However if you are looking to completely shift gears in your career, say from engineering to marketing, this book might be a good starting point. If you are simply looking to climb the ladder in your current field, you may be better served finding some role models and perusing the work experience of leaders in your field via LinkedIn.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A guide to the ambitious
The corporate ladder is a tall and daunting one. "Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success" is a guide for gaining that all important advancement in one's life and moving... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Midwest Book Review
An excellent guide for moving up
A readable and insightful guide to career success that fills in the many gaps left by other books. A great mix of practical advice, relevant examples, and big picture career... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Avid Reader
Getting to the Top hits the mark!
This book is a must read for anyone who aspires to achieve a mid to senior executive position. It also is helpful for senior executives and human resource personnel who want to... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Adrian Ott, Author, The 24-Hour Customer
A no BS guide to career development and strategy
Getting to the Top is most everybody's dream, and the title of this very useful book that is from Getting to the Top career development programs, a series of seminars and workshops... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
So You'd Like to...
|
|
