Book Title: Confessions from the Corner Office; 15 Instincts
That Will Help You Get There
Author: Scott Aylward and Pattye Moore
Length: 229 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Price: $24.95
My View of the Corner
Office
By Morgan McMullen
Getting
married again, your spouse won’t mind. The title of chapter one makes one
wonder what they are really reading about. Then as Pattye and Scott go on to
explain they are corporate soul mates things start to make sense. As explained
in chapter one of the book, finding someone who is like-minded, challenges you,
and will be a ruthless but constructive critic is part of finding your
corporate soul mate. Pattye and Scott then go on to explain how they have
counted on each other numerous times during their careers to have the support
one would normally gain from a spouse or partner. In the industry it is very
beneficial to have someone who understands the world you are living in and how
things work.
With
years of agency experience both Pattye and Scott have become experts in their
fields. Neither Moore not Aylward have more training then bachelor degrees and
years of experience but in the industry experience speaks for itself. Both have
been CEO, Vice-President, President, and Senior Executives at one company or
another throughout their career and now they run INSTINCTS, LLC together.
Confessions
is very beneficial to anyone who would like to be a good boss someday. Working
in the entertainment industry is not necessary for learning the skills
described in this book. Moore and Aylward discuss the difficulties of managing
family and work, firing employees, and how to become a good leader in 15 short
chapters. They do a great job of giving you self check points to see if you
really are doing each instinct or if you need to work on something. If you need
to work on a skill they also provide a list of things you can do to improve.
This
was a quick read and very useful for anyone who would not only like to make it
to the corner office but would like to be a good manager or boss. One of the
strength’s the book had was giving personal examples throughout so people could
really get a sense of who Pattye and Scott are. The only weakness the book had
was not going into more detail at the beginning of each chapter. It was meant
to lead you into the chapter but more of the example given would have been a
nice addition.
The
book is great for anyone in college to learn the steps to success, it would
also be very beneficial to anyone in a management position. Some of the
instincts discussed are things management avoid and don’t do well. Reading this
book gives you an insight into what a good leader should be doing on a regular
basis for there employees instead of settling for mediocre like most managers
do. Anyone looking to have a career should invest in this book and learn these
instincts.
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