num_pages: 253
description: Youve landed a job. Now what?No one tells you how to navigate your first day in a new role. No one tells you how to take ownership manage expectations or handle workplace politics. No one tells you how to get promoted.The answers to these professional unknowns lie in the unspoken rulesthe certain ways of doing things that managers expect but dont explain and that top performers do but dont realize.The problem is these rules arent taught in school. Instead they get passed down over the dinner table or from mentor to mentee making for an unlevel playing field with the insiders getting ahead and the outsiders stumbling along through trial and error.Until now.In this practical guide Gorick Ng a first-generation college student and Harvard career adviser demystifies the unspoken rules of work. Ng distills the wisdom hes gathered from over five hundred interviews with professionals across industries and job types about the biggest mistakes people make at work. Loaded with frameworks checklists and talking points the book provides concrete strategies you can apply immediately to your own situation and will help you navigate inevitable questions such as: How do I manage my time in the face of conflicting priorities? How do I build relationships when Im working remotely? How do I ask for help without looking incompetent or lazy?The Unspoken Rules is the only book you need to perform your best stand out from your peers and set yourself up for a fulfilling career.
language: English
title: The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right
publisher: Harvard Business Review Press