The Unwritten Rules: The Six Skills You Need to Get Promoted to the Executive Level

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A book such as this is the product of a career's worth of experience, observation, and the input of insightful people. In the early going, Kirsty Melville and Melinda Merino encouraged The Unwritten Rules project, and I'm grateful for their support. In preparation for writing this book, I spoke with twenty senior executives responsible for succession planning and filling executive-level positions in their organizations. Collectively they made a major contribution by testing and verifying my thinking. A number of people graciously devoted time to providing feedback on various chapters and thus helped strengthen the final result. I'm indebted to Tom Bowler, Lucien Alziari, Doranne Hudson, Eileen Whelley, Paul McKinnon, Shirley Gaufin, ...