Packed with Knowledge!
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Authors Elwood F. Holton III and Sharon S. Naquin, both academics, invested substantial research to produce a little book that might just solve the very big midlife quandaries faced by workers whose jobs have been downsized or exported to another country. People who thought they would never need to take a different job find themselves the new person in a new office again, with no tools to help them cope other than the lessons of the corporate culture they left behind. However, using old cultural information in a new place is the road to disaster, according to the learned authors, who do a fine job of explaining why. Businesses are culture clubs and new hires must learn to get along before they can get ahead. At fewer than 100 pages, this is, nevertheless, a little redundant. Perhaps we need to hear the bell ring clearly, over and over, for the content is useful stuff simply told. For that reason, We recommend this to anyone contemplating a move, to every new hire and to every HR officer as part of the pre-employment package given to all experienced applicants.
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Unlearning old job behaviours
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This is a lively look at what to look for in starting a new job. Its best points are demonstrating why you need to unlearn some of your approaches and values from previous jobs, culture differences in and within firms and how to track progress. It emphasises why the first year is so important. I'm still dipping into it but its success is not yet proven, for me personally. "Points for reflection" after the 14 chapters. A little less practical than "Find the bathrooms first!Starting your new job on the right foot".
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