Introduction

If you want to be a successful leader, credible business coach, effective consultant, or powerful agent of change, then you’d better understand organizational life as early in your career as possible. Decades of brutal experience can be avoided if you seek out a mentor, guide, or good companion. A companion is anyone you bring along to make your journey more pleasant, whereas a guide knows from a mentor’s experience where your chosen path might go.

This book aims to be your best companion guide. It’s written for anyone who believes that upon entering hostile territory it’s advisable to take along a streetwise friend who knows the short-cuts, pitfalls, and no-go areas. If you don’t subscribe to that belief, then you’d best put this ...

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