This is more subtle and geared to the truly ambitious who hope to make it to the inner circle. Politics, Reardon says, is an art. Reardon, a business consultant and professor of management at the University of Southern California, is out to rehabilitate the reputation of office politics, a concept that usually has negative connotations. And it's high time we started to train people in how it works. Even if you would rather undergo a root canal than read about or engage in office politics, you owe it to yourself to read her book.
Talent is just the price of admission.
Behind a successful career, there is a whole set of psychological behaviors. The Secret Handshake is like a crash course in Business Psychology 101. This book works best for people with political instincts. You may have to consider varying your personal style at work, to harden or soften your edge depending on your personality. There are times that you will have to be a bit nicer or nastier, depending on the situation.