Skip Lineberg

Emily Bennington

Counsels new graduates and first-time employees on how to get on an employer's fast track, identifying the essential skills, tasks and milestones for a first year on the job that will promote top performance recognition. Original.

How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job

Effective Immediately

Millions have embraced the insights of the spiritual classic A Course in Miracles as a source of vision, empowerment, and deeper connection with others. For years, author and career expert Emily Bennington has quietly drawn upon this inspired text's most useful principles to help thousands succeed in their vocations. With Miracles at Work, she invites kindred spirits—those who yearn to bring their spiritual Selves into their professional lives—to begin the adventure. Merging principles of the Course with mindfulness practices, social and emotional intelligence, and her own proven strategies for on-the-job success, Emily illuminates for those at any career stage how to: Anchor in to your aware Self on the job, resulting in extraordinary composure and leadership presence • Use the Course method for reorganizing your energy in each moment, allowing you to instantly release anxiety, anger, judgments, comparisons, or fear • "Rise above the battleground" and navigate conflict with ease • Move from a thought system based on striving and "specialness" to one grounded in connectedness • Stay inspired at work even through long periods of struggle, doubt, and overwhelm "When you strengthen your spiritual foundation, you become a healing presence to those around you—which naturally expands your influence at work," teaches Emily Bennington. Whether you’re familiar with A Course in Miracles or new to its insights, Miracles at Work is an exceptional guide to applying its timeless wisdom to your career, where it can profoundly enrich your experience and enhance your impact on the world.

Turning Inner Guidance into Outer Influence

Miracles at Work

Packed with insights from extraordinary women who have climbed the corporate ladder--including former McDonald’s president Jan Fields, JetBlue cofounder Ann Rhoades, and fashion pioneer Liz Lange--Who Says It's a Man’s World reveals the measurable action steps needed to excel in each of the five reputation-enhancing business areas: personal development, social skills, effectiveness, team building, and leadership. Complete with an eye-opening “promotability” assessment, an ideal “success profile,” and the latest research on women in the workplace, Emily Bennington’s book provides readers with everything they need to achieve their professional goals. For the first time in US history, women form the majority of the workforce, filling more managerial positions than their male counterparts. The Atlantic has called it the “end of men.” While this may be an overstatement, one thing is certain: today’s women are primed to take over the corporate world--and Who Says It’s a Man’s World is just the resource they need to ensure they don’t stumble on the way up.

The Girl's Guide to Corporate Domination

Who Says It's a Man's World

When you’re new to the workforce, ambition and talent aren’t enough—getting on the fast track to success requires much more. If you’re a recent college graduate or new hire, Effective Immediately shows you how to excel at your first job and jump-start your career. As an up-and-coming professional, you’ll learn how to transform yourself from entry-level employee into skilled, invaluable all-star during your first year on the job. Accomplished young professional Emily Bennington and her mentor, seasoned manager Skip Lineberg, empower you to: • Establish yourself as a top performer from day one • Use every task—even grunt work—as an opportunity to shine • Earn the respect of your boss, colleagues, and clients • Cope with conflict, mistakes, and toxic coworkers • Land key assignments and gain greater responsibility • Manage projects and lead teams like a pro Packed with practical advice, useful resources, and wisdom from former newbies, this savvy hand-book gives you the tools, knowledge, and confidence you need to reach your highest potential.

Women are primed to level the corporate playing field. What does this mean for you? Absolutely nothing, if you don't know how to earn the respect and credibility it takes to see real traction in your career. In this book you'll find specific actions and answers you need to enter the executive suite, including: measurable steps you can take to enhance your reputation in five key areas: self-awareness, social skills, personal effectiveness, team building, and leadership; eye-opening assessments that will help you identify your most effective actions, map out your personal career plan, and gauge your own promotability; career-planning templates, worksheets, and tools for applying the book's lessons; first-person narratives detailing lessons hard-learned by highly successful women executives; "how to handle it" sections that give you step-by-step guidelines for navigating tricky situations. With this no-nonsense approach, you'll not only learn how to "play the game" at work but how to win it on your own terms.--From publisher description.

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