169 Ways to Score Points With Your Boss [Paperback]

Alan R. Schonberg (Author), Robert L. Shook (Author), Donna G. Estreicher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1998

In today's turbulent job market, impressing your boss is key to career success. Your boss can not only help you climb the corporate ladder, but he or she can also help you acquire skills that can take you anywhere. This book, written by the founder and CEO of the world's largest management recruitment firm, offers 169 quick, accessible tips to help you keep interactions with your bosses on track.

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About the Author

Alan R. Schonberg's Management Recruiters International, Inc. (MRI) places 30,000 workers every year.

Robert L. Shook has published 41 books, including the bestseller, Mary Kay.

Donna G. Estreicher, Ph.D., is in private practice and has published professional articles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809229994
• ISBN-13: 978-0809229994
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #857,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Positive and Inspirational Guide!, June 11, 1998

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This review is from: 169 Ways to Score Points With Your Boss (Paperback)

I read this book cover to cover. Even though a lot of it is common sense, having it all in one handy book is insightful. Each tip is short and succinct, never more than a single page, and captures the point with maybe one anecdote. Even though I probably committed half of all the mistakes pointed out in the book, I still forged through to the end. Convinced now that my boss hates me (not really), I'm going to go back over my flaws and improve myself. After all, this is what the book is about, maintaining a positive attitude and doing the best you can.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Much common-sense advice, much contradictory advice, June 14, 2003

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Edward Williams "ewillia4" (Northville, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 169 Ways to Score Points With Your Boss (Paperback)

I was gravely disappointed in this book. Most of the advice is common sense. Much of it is contradictory. Item #56 is "Work Overtime" (unpaid!). Item #80 is "Get a Life (After Work)". Item #128 ("Be a Good Corporate Citizen") urges the reader to donate 20+ hours/week to charities approved by the company and the boss. What planet does the author work on? It must be a planet whose rotation about its axis and revolution about its Sun create 750 days a year, with each day having 42 hours. In Item #88, "Make a Generous Donation During Your Company's United Fund-Raising Drive," the author admits to "personally reviewing contributions made by virtually all employees at <X> headquarters." Just how does the author, as top manager, know that an employee with a "low" contribution doesn't have heavy personal obligations, such as the nursing-home or hospice care of aging parents? Does charity not begin at home? Item #164, "Be Generous with the Gifts You Give Your Boss," suggests what would have been career suicide where I worked for 29 years. When I was a boss, I was never offered a gift by an employee. Had I been, I would have refused it with a stern lecture about "influence-purchasing."
The book has no index to the 169 short (1-2 page) chapters; it should.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a real joy: powerful and succint, November 27, 2000

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Esfandiar Bandari - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 169 Ways to Score Points With Your Boss (Paperback)

+AH4-The title is somewhat misleading in the sense that all the pointers given (usually in the form of one pagers) are also applicable to your employers, coworkers, even personal relationships. A lot of the items are relationship builders, others are tips for improving efficiency, and yet others reminding us that we are all human. Some of the advice may seem trivially obvious, but those are the ones that somehow we forget!

The title is meant to reflect that ultimately a large part of your career+AH4-+AH4- progress depends on your boss and your relationships with him/her. A good advice, but not to be overstated (and the book certainly does not overstate it). Ultimately "there are no shortcuts". This books just provides the tools to make the path a lot smoother. Cheers.+AH4-