Friday, April 12, 2013

Be nice and be Successful in the Business World




Be Nice and be Successful in the Business World

“Be Nice and be Successful”
By Kevin McMahon

When talking about the business world, the words honor, care and compassion are not the first things that come to my mind. In the cutthroat word of business, we assume that the people who make it to the top have beaten out their competitors by sheer wit and force. After reading Scott Aylward and Pattye Moore’s “Confessions from the Corner Office”, I realized that there is a much better way to handle your professional-self and ensure that you are successful through making smart decisions and having good relationships. On page 80, Pattye and Scott talk about how important it is to “be a real leader” and break away from the traditional company models where the employee is treated as if they are not important. What inspired me the most about this section is how the two both acknowledge that you can treat employees and coworkers with the upmost respect, even when you disagree with them or have to make a tough decision that effects the organization as a whole.
Pattye Moore bounced back from a divorce by taking the reins to her career and working her way up from account management at Advertising Inc., a Tulsa-based Advertising agency, all the way up to President of Sonic Corp. Pattye currently serves as the Chairman for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. She is also on the board of directors for ONEOK Inc. and Quiktrip Corp. Pattye also serves as a board member for he Oklahoma chapter of the Arthritis foundation. Pattye joined Scott in creating INSTINCTS, LLC, an organization that helps young professionals develop better leadership abilities.

Scott Aylward attended Michigan State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising. Scott found himself in Houston, Texas pursuing an advertising career when he realized that he could either continue living a lie in order to present himself in a more “favorable” light for promotion, or be a true leader while being comfortable within his own skin as a gay man. Scott took the risk and eventually found himself as CEO of the largest employee-owned advertising from in the country, Barkley Advertising. Scott and Pattye joined forces to create INSTINCTS, LLC, an organization that helps young professionals develop better leadership abilities.

“Confessions from the Corner Office” gives readers “attitude” and “performance” instincts to help professionals avoid the numerous pitfalls of the business world and navigate the corporate ladder with intelligence and poise. This allows professionals to use these tools for a steady rise in responsibility and success within an organization, rather than clamoring among peers for “the best opportunities”.

“Confessions from the Corner Office” really inspired me as a young professional in two ways. The first was that, while Scott new what he wanted to do at a young age, Pattye was older than most “young” professionals. Having just come off of a divorce, Pattye’s story showed me that anyone could be successful if they set their minds to it, no matter what circumstances they must deal with in personal and professional instances. The second way this book related to me was the reliability of each topic to my own worries and questions. Each professional and attitudinal instinct gave me a clear understanding of what Scott and Patty were trying to convey. They related years of work experience into useable data for me to take into the workforce as a young professional. 

I think that, “Confessions from the Corner Office” is a must read for professionals of any age. I know that this book will stay in my library as I head out into the working world, and I plan to lend it to many of my peers who want to start learning about how to be successful in business. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to go into the public relations sector or corporate America in general, and especially to anyone who has doubts about what to do when they actually land their first job. “Confessions from the Corner Office” gives you valuable and relatable information to set you on a path to be a good employee, and a great boss in the future.
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1.     “Confessions from the Corner Office”
2.     Pattye Moore
3.     Scott Aylward
4.     INSTINCT LLC.
5.     Sonic Corp. 
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