Those who check in with Nilknarf from time to time would know that she has a soft spot for "The Don", or rather: "The FAKE Don" considering that I'm an Aussie kid and there will ever be one "The Don": Sir Donald Bradman.
The advertising blurb for the book reads:
When Donald Trump told Kelly Perdew, "You're hired," in the finale of season two of The Apprentice, Perdew credited much of his success to one thing -- his U.S. military training. In his new book, Take Command, Perdew demonstrates how his personal formula for success can help anyone succeed in any venture, be it serving our country, running a small business, acting as the CEO of a large corporation, or working for Donald Trump!
Take Command examines the strong connection between military leadership and business success and offers an insider's look at Donald Trump, the leader. Perdew wrote the book to educate corporate America on the leadership principles that are instilled in veterans as well as let transitioning military servicemen and women know they've "got the skills to pay the bills" in the civilian sector.
In Take Command, you'll learn the 10 principles Perdew relies on for success:
Duty. Do what you're supposed to do, when you're supposed to do it.
Impeccability. If it is worth doing, it is worth doing right.
Passion. Be passionate about what you do, and do what you're passionate about.
Perseverance. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Planning. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Teamwork. There is no "I" in TEAM.
Loyalty. Remain loyal, up, down, and across your organization.
Flexibility. In all aspects of life, the person with the most varied responses wins.
Selfless Service. Give back.
Integrity. Take the harder right over the easier wrong.
Take Command teaches you how you can take the can-do military spirit and be all you aspire to be -- and win.
I admire someone who can show all of those qualities and I aspire to having all of these qualities at my disposal at some time in my life. The only thing is that I consider possessing-these-qualities and succeeding-in-the-corporate-world to be a paradox.
I'll admit that I've never been a huge corporate player and I detest politicking in the workplace when everyone is supposed to be striving towards a common goal; but I do know that acting honourably, with integrity and loyalty to the company, and doing the job right the first time is a total crock of shit unless you OWN the company.
Arse-kissing and lying is what pays in the end. The further up the date of the middle-manager that you are performing the rimjob on: the better off you will be. Doing your job and doing it well does NOT get you noticed and it does NOT get you promoted in the grand scheme of things.
I DEFY any middle manager, senior manager or CEO to PROVE ME WRONG!!
I know for a fact that none will be able to.
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PROVE you wrong? They would all whip out the company mission statement and their list of staff values, and all the supporting polices about fairness, reward, recognition, promotion on merit, diversity in the work place, complaints process, free counselling services, "life / work balance" and so on, ad nausea.
They actually BELIEVE that all of this material "proves" something, they act as if it's REAL, not rhetoric.
Yeah - that's the problem. They drag out mission statements and policies and all that CRAP but it doesn't actually mean anything.
It's much like me saying that I'm a millionaire or something else that I'm not.
They would be given the same question: Proof- where is it?
Actions speak louder than words and a bunch of words on how they would *like* to think that people act in their organisations does not equate to reality.
Hell - it doesn't even equate to how the people act that drew up those "company rules"!
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