Building Successful Careers

The first time I really heard the word of the “Collaboration” was in 1998 when I still worked at IBM. One of the Sr. VPs spoke to us about the difference between the 20th and 21st centuries. He referred to the 20th century as the century of super heroes, who either destroyed or saved the world, companies and communities. Due to the vast amount of information and accelerated rate of information addition and exchanging, it would be impossible for one person to digest the vast amount of information and provide penetrating messages beyond the noise of the ever growing information universe. Then the 21st century became the century of team collaboration, that groups of super heroes would work together, utilize their expertise and strength, process information that they could best understand, providing their expert strategy and methodology, flawlessly execute the team’s plan and reach the ultimate goal. Since then, collaboration became popular as well as frequently abused, and it is risi

Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn By Gail Evans If you want to learn how to win like a woman, this is not the right book. It is about how to play like a man. "win like a woman" is a pink scarf to attract female readers. a Nice small book to read, a lot of useful tips. Enjoy. Elizabeth Xu