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Practical book for a successful career

This book provides a systematic way to plan your career, execute, and develop relationship and branding. The ten steps in this book is practical and to the point. This book included several practical tools that are easy to follow and effective. For example, the virtual box and the approach to calibrate the box did help me to obtain a better view of what my boss is thinking and why. Another example is that it listed out the things you could do at a meeting to be more visible. These are all the...

-Alice L

A must read for career leadership

Before reading the book, I had so many misconceptions about climbing corporate ladders and glass ceilings. The book not only provides insights on the skill sets required for career advancement and tips of how to build them up, but also assists the mindset change for becoming a better leader. I am in the mid stage of my career and find this book extremely helpful and timely. However I wish I had found it way earlier.

-Dawn Z

Good guide on how to navigate in American Corporations

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who are new the to American Corporations, to get a good understanding of how American Corporations work, how to navigate as well as get promoted in the American companies. This is specially helpful for people from different culture background. The book is very practical and lays out steps to advance the career to the next level. I have been promoted twice since I read this book and still review this book every year to help me planning for next year...

-Keto

Insider tips: the most practical advices for career advances

This book provides the most practical advices for career advances. It is full of live examples and stories, not the textbook theories which may or may not apply in real life. It shows me what is needed to "climb the corporate ladder". This is the insider tips which I have been looking for but hard to get from a book. I thought I could only learn these "offline" from an insider. I am so grateful that the author is willing to openly share her experiences for career advances. I also took the cla...

-Jessica

A must-read for career development!

I wish I had read this book when I started my career. Elizabeth and Pat masterfully distill the invaluable lessons that they learned from their successful careers into practical techniques and inspiring stories. Read this book, get a jump start on your career!

-Ng Tsz Him

Great book for our career and for how to be a better person

I learned from Elizabeth at a classroom setting at Stanford when she was just getting ready for publishing this book couple years ago. What she shared with me and others has been very helpful. I can relate to some of the tips that she provided in this book as I had personally experienced or used them. There is no doubt about her success but what differentiates her from other successful leaders isn't about her high ranked titles or her awards. She is a very giving and caring person who really ...

-H.Richter

Essential read for a successful career in Corp America

Reading this book is very similar to talking to a career advisor. This book is filled with fresh ideas, wise insight, and practical examples and tips on how to live a successful corporate life. It provides numerous sound and practical pieces of advice on how to deal with issues and situations that one will undoubtedly encounter. For example: How to get along with one's boss, how to dress properly, and how to deal with a jerk, to name a few. I have personally benefited a great deal from heedin...

-Yi Zhang

Discern how to apply your own goals and strengths in a way that brings value to both you and your workplace

This book is an incredible asset when it comes to navigating complexities of today's work dynamics and career advancement. It does not only discuss hotly debated topics such as personal branding, team work and opportunity building, but it also provides useful tips and "homework exercises" that can be applied in one's life. Personally, I really appreciated all goal setting exercises. I had struggled with creating my "career vision" in the past, and this book was what got me thinking differentl...

-Monika

Skills AND wisdom

Dr Xu’s book teaches to ask the right questions, provides a set of vocabulary to describe the wants and needs, and direct suggestions to try. One can tell these suggestions and guidelines are accumulated by real-world growth and learning, instead of second-hand knowledge. A tremendous wealth of wisdom generated by experience and a warm heart to share and educate.

-ZJ

Awesome Book to Start and Step up Your Career!

This is an awesome book guiding people in different fields to successful career no matter what stages you're at. The concept of virtual box is especially novel and practical. I feel pulled into every story and naturally engaged in the follow-up exercises. The book is so useful that now I constantly review my daily work and life against the principles and techniques taught in this book, and have already seen the changes taken place in my life! Therefore, I strongly recommend this book to every...

-Michelle

Great book! A practical guide for the corporate world

It's a book especially helpful for people like me, who are used to being know-it-all overachievers. It helps me to step out of my own little box to be a true team player, which makes me tremendously more effective. The book contains big ideas as well as many practical little tips. One example is its tip on how to build real lasting mentorship. I immediately realized why my previous attempts to build mentors were unsuccessful. A good mentorship requires follow up - a simple yet essential piec...

-J.Liang

Fantastic Fresh Perspective

"Myths of the Promotion" offers a powerful tool to anyone seeking professional advancement. The virtual box is a clever and creative image that allows the reader to see how others perceive him or her as well as offering a way to truly understand others by looking from another's virtual box. The lessons learned in this book normally take years of experience dealing with both management and employees. By internalizing the lessons offered, the reader will leap frog ahead in professional developm...

-T.L.

Life can't get better by chance; it get better by change.

The book covers many aspects of the soft skills an employee should possess to climb up corporate ladders. If you are reading this review, chances are you might have been reading many other how-to books for the self-improvement/leadership advises in search to reach out your best potentials. You can keep reading books after books and get inspired in that ephemeral moment, but the key to making different is the action.At the end of each chapter, the clear actionable steps elevate the book's val...

-pingster

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Practical book for a successful career

A must read for career leadership

Good guide on how to navigate in American Corporations

Insider tips: the most practical advices for career advances

A must-read for career development!

Great book for our career and for how to be a better person

Essential read for a successful career in Corp America

Discern how to apply your own goals and strengths in a way that brings value to both you and your workplace

Skills AND wisdom

Awesome Book to Start and Step up Your Career!

Great book! A practical guide for the corporate world

Fantastic Fresh Perspective

Life can't get better by chance; it get better by change.

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OUR MISSION

Our mission is to help people reach their fullest potential.We will help you grow from A-Players to exceptional leaders.

Practical book for a successful career

A must read for career leadership

Good guide on how to navigate in American Corporations

Insider tips: the most practical advices for career advances

A must-read for career development!

Great book for our career and for how to be a better person

Essential read for a successful career in Corp America

Discern how to apply your own goals and strengths in a way that brings value to both you and your workplace

Skills AND wisdom

Awesome Book to Start and Step up Your Career!

Great book! A practical guide for the corporate world

Fantastic Fresh Perspective

Life can't get better by chance; it get better by change.

Contact Us

Our mission is to help people reach their fullest potential.
We will help you grow from A-Players to exceptional leaders.