The Secret Handshake
Mastering the Politics of the Business Inner Circle

This book is extremely useful to me because I have shied away from politics previously. I feel this book is a realistic application of emotional intelligence. A lot of it is how to read people and assess the situations before reacting to them. It is useful that the author provided questionnaires to......more

A hidden political prowess by master of people communication skill.......more

Work politics are such a mystery to me and this book laid out a lot of techniques that people might be using at work that was really eye opening. I liked the sections where the author breaks it down into different styles, it felt really inclusive. I learned a lot from this.......more

Interesting exploration of workplace politics and how to negotiate one's way within various settings. Although not a major focus of the book, this excerpt has stayed with me for weeks: "While both men and women need to be competent to be promoted, there's a greater tendency to promote men on potenti......more

You don't have to like office politics... but you must be aware of them if you want to (a) keep your job and (b) thrive in your career. This book will help you understand the style of your organization, and how your personality will fit in (or not, and what you can do about it). A must read.......more