Turn to Office Politics (page 50), and you’ll see that running a positive campaign means networking effectively, building key relationships, and publicizing your accomplishments. The more people that see you can get things done—and done right—the quicker you’ll rise to the top.
Before you have the chance to win over the hearts and minds of your coworkers, you’re gonna need a job. And between you and nearly any job stands the interview. In Small Talk (page 11), we look at what the little, often forgettable words say about you during an interview. And as Interview Disasters (page 42) demonstrates, it’s not just what you do right, it’s what you do when things go wrong.