The Office Jungle. Judi James

       The Office Jungle

       The Survivor’s Guide to the Nylon Shagpile of Corporate Life

       JUDI JAMES

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Introduction

PART I – STRENGTHS, LIMITATIONS AND AMBITION

1 Starting With You

2 Do You Hate Your Job?

3 Are You Being Stereotyped?

4 Targets and Objectives

5 Over the Barricades

6 The Skills of Fuzzy Logic

7 My Company Does … What, Exactly?

8 Handling Stress

       9 Office Rage

       PART II – HOW TO …

       10 How to Communicate and Be Heard

       11 How to Deal With Difficult People

       12 How to Manage Your Time 107

       13 How to Manage Perfect Toilet/Lift Etiquette

       14 How to Handle Sex in the Office

       15 How to Handle Office Politics

       16 How to Deal With Bullying and Power-Posturing

       17 How to Market Yourself in the Office

       18 How to Look As Though You’re Working Hard When You’re Not

       19 How to Lie Effectively

       20 How to Meet and Greet Company Clients and Visitors

       21 How to Juggle a Career and a Home Life

       22 How to Survive the Corporate Lunch

       23 How to Survive the Corporate Training Course

       24 How to Survive the Office Party

       PART III – WHAT TO DO IF …

       25 What to Do If You Want to Kill Your Boss

       26 What to Do If Your Boss Hates You

       27 What to Do If You Want a Promotion

       28 What to Do If You Want a Rise

       29 What to Do If You Are Going to an Interview

       30 So Where Do I Go From Here?

       Index

       About the Author

       By the same author

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Introduction

      Survival in the workplace requires an altogether disparate array of talents from those required to be merely competent at your job. To subsist, and even flourish, in the business environment you must be Confident, possess Interpersonal, Communication and Presentation skills and be proficient in Self-marketing and Assertion, as well as having a hefty dollop of Grade ‘A’ Animal Cunning in your genetic make-up.

      It’s these Seven Great Secret Skills – the lifeblood of resourceful corporate existence – that this book aims to teach you.

       Trapped in the Shagpile

      Of course you are an idealist at heart. You want the best for yourself and you want the most out of your career. Eyes afire with ambitions and objectives, you have your sights set firmly on the window of opportunities – while your feet lie trapped in the grubby, nylon shagpile of political intrigue and emotional in-fighting that still carpets most modern workplaces.

       Marketing Strategies

      Your talent and career potential are not worth the paper they’re written on if no one at work is aware of them. To sell your capabilities you must first sell yourself, no matter what your qualifications and existing job-level. To market yourself effectively, however, you may decide a little Product-Tinkering is warranted first.

       Being Realistic

      You’re going to study your aims and objectives. You’re going to be positive about achievements and action plans, but you’re not going down the happy-clappy path to self-enlightenment. You’re not going to finish this book feeling that you’ve tapped