Product Description

Surviving in the Jungle of Office Politics is a 9 step guide to tackling office hazards on your way up. The book spells out a strategic plan, from day one, on setting yourself up for a raise or promotion before the annual review and a guide on how to negotiate your next move. The book spells out not only how to shine during a project, but also how to shine during adverse situations. From a difficult employer to supplier, you can take these adversities and shine. Working the office, not just working at the office is what will get you ahead.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2067071 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 37 pages

About the Author
9 Steps to Surviving in the Jungle of Office Politics targets everyone needing unconventional advice during unconventional times by one who has been through it. Working in business and with the media over the past 15 years, Jill Frank has had a multitude of bosses, colleagues and staff. She has successfully dealt with a gamur of political issues by taking control and learning invaluable lessons now passed on this this invaluable book.

Jill Frank was founder and Chief Executive Officer of privately owned Sterling Communications, Inc. a Dallas based broadcast television production company specializing in radio the television promotions. She currently works for MindSpring Enterprises, Inc, and internet service provider, in business development.

As CEO, Jill found herself giving advice to friend and peers who were presidents, division heads and other positions in various industries experiencing some tough political situations at work and successfully seeing them through it.

Helping those to secure what they want from their employer is the key found in this book.

Previous to her current position. Ms. Frank was originally hired as a regional sales representative by a Dallas based company. While experiencing peer jealousy, disgruntled employees,poor management and the proverbial glass ceiling, Jill was successfuly able to veer her way through the ranks and was promoted three times during her first 6 months of employment, created a new division and became the first female sales manager in the history of the company.

As trainer, career counselor, manager and finally CeO of her own television production company, Jill Frank has encountered most of the roadblocks that perplex even the most successful employers and employees.

You can hear her tackle business problems during her regular guest segment within Business News First, a weekly nationally syndicated news show on BNN. She also has a syndicated weekly newspaper column of the same title. If you are experiencing a political problem at work, write to her at jillfrank@mindspring.net and watch for your answer on her website write-in advice column.

Customer Reviews

The Best Defense Is A Good Offense
To survive in today's world one must level the playing field or reshuffle the deck. But what do you do when someone else holds the keys to the field or deals the cards? Answer: learn the unwritten rules and beat the system.

Those who have been raised to believe that the rules of morality learned in school apply to the working world will find themselves forever working in the mailroom of life. The way to get ahead is to learn the rules of the workplace and to preempt the backstabbers.

Swimming with sharks? Don't cut yourself. There's always a good supply of naive coworkers whose careers can be seen floundering around the office water cooler who, with one cutting remark, can be transformed into shark bait. Watch the hungry school follow the trail of blood.

This book should be standard issue to every person upon graduation from high school. Jill Frank's book will make your job not only survivable but fun. The workplace IS a jungle. That doesn't mean that you have to get eaten!

If you have 30 minutes you have time to read this book!
I found Jill's book after reading through her insightful website. Her ability to create a quick read for a person with far little time on his hands, plus offer up immediate advice to a specific problem you may be experiencing through her online advice column...is unheard of these days! I highly recommend that if you have 30 minutes, you have enough time to read this book and get what you need to survive in the jungle of office politics.

Surviving in the Jungle of Office Politics
I have read self-help and managerial books consisting of hundreds of pages. After each chapter, I can sum up that chapter in a sentence. Jill Frank makes her points succinctly and , in only 64 pages. This is appreciated after some other books I have waded through, containing less insight. This book was definitely worth reading.